Karen Peltz-Strauss
Appearances
Radiolab
The Echo in the Machine
It was nearly 100% deaf. In fact, it was basically the only four-year liberal arts college for deaf students in the world.
Radiolab
The Echo in the Machine
I was on the staff of Gallaudet's National Center for Law and Deafness at the time.
Radiolab
The Echo in the Machine
And in 1988, on campus, she says, tensions were high because... The position for Gallaudet's president opened up. And until that time, Gallaudet, it had always had a hearing president.
Radiolab
The Echo in the Machine
Missed opportunity in the leadership department. Oh, absolutely. And so the students on the campus said, you have got to choose a deaf president. And the faculty said the same, and the staff said the same.
Radiolab
The Echo in the Machine
That's absolutely correct. Once more, Karen pelt stress. The protest introduced society to the way that deaf people communicate. They introduced society to captioning and sign language interpreters, and they impacted. congressional votes.