"Deaf Poets Society: for Writers with Disabilities"

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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. “I 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.

Katz said members of the disability community have struggled to find its place in the literary world, with many writers asking who is afforded space to write in a world that often renders disabled people invisible.

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Use the passage to answer the question.

Which statement from the text alludes to the central idea that writers with disabilities desire inclusion in the literary world but face obstacles in representation?

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“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.”
“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.”

“But the magazine is only one step toward expressing the diversity and point of view of the disability community.”
“But the magazine is only one step toward expressing the diversity and point of view of the disability community.”

“‘It really made me think about the ways in which we, as disabled people, are kept apart from each other,’ she said.”
“‘It really made me think about the ways in which we, as disabled people, are kept apart from each other,’ she said.”

“Some of its accomplishments are little noticed by able-bodied people: entrance ramps, wide hallways, even close captioning are all results of efforts to make daily life more accessible.”

Answer 1

The statement from the text that alludes to the central idea that writers with disabilities desire inclusion in the literary world but face obstacles in representation is:

“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.”

This statement emphasizes the magazine's intention to provide a platform for writers with disabilities, highlighting the desire for inclusion and recognition in a literary landscape where they may feel overlooked.