Jane Fernandes, who has been deaf all her life, grew up in a hearing world. She didn't learn sign language until she was 23. Now, as she prepares to assume perhaps the most important job in deaf America, some students at Gallaudet University deride her signing ability as "third-grade level." -
A Lonely Voice for Inclusion in a Redoubt of the Radical Deaf
Jane Fernandes, who has been deaf all her life, grew up in a hearing world. She didn't learn sign language until she was 23. Now, as she prepares to assume perhaps the most important job in deaf America, some students at Gallaudet University deride her signing ability as "third-grade level."-
By Marc Fisher