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.
"There's been a lot of controversy about how people with disabilities are represented in the literary community, and whether publishers are really giving a platform for disabled
Use the passage below from "Deaf Poets Society" to answer the question.
Which best describes the central idea of this passage?
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Dead Poets Society was a popular film released in 1989.
There are ways to use text and audio to make literature more accessible for people with disabilities.
Sarah Katz was born deaf and was the only deaf person in her school.
The literary world is working to have better options for people with disabilities.
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The best description of the central idea of the passage is:
The literary world is working to have better options for people with disabilities.
This option encapsulates the overall message of the article, which focuses on the establishment of Deaf Poets Society and the need for representation and accessibility for writers with disabilities.
