for Writers with
Disabilities"
by Corinne Segal
Deaf Poets Society, a new digital literary magazine,
has a message for writers with disabilities: We see
you. We want you to be here. And this is your
space
Writer Sarah Katz, the magazine's founder, grew up
in North Potomac, Maryland, and attended a school
with a program for students who were deaf or hard
of hearing had grown up around other deaf and
hard of hearing people and took for granted that I
had easy access to other people like me, she said.
That wasn't the case at the University of Maryland,
College Park, where Katz said she was the only
deaf student I knew As a young writer she began
seeking out the disability community and went on to
earn an MFA in poetry from American University
passage?
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Sarah Katz was born deaf and was the
only deaf person in her school.
Dead Poets Society was a popular film
released in 1989
There are ways to use text and audio to
Omake literature more accessible for
people with disabilities.
The literary world is working to have
Obetter options for people with
disabilities.
1 answer
The central idea of the passage is best described by the statement:
"There are ways to use text and audio to make literature more accessible for people with disabilities."
This captures the essence of Deaf Poets Society's mission to create a space that acknowledges and supports writers with disabilities, emphasizing the importance of accessibility in literature.
