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John Bongiovanni wearing glasses, a long dark jacket over a white shirt and striped tie, and light colored pants. He holds a rigid handle on the harness of his guide dog with his left and and feels elevator buttons with his right hand.

Dr. John Bongiovanni

A black and white photograph of Lon Chaney as the Phantom of the Opera, with makeup that disfigures his face and nose. the right side of his face covered by a thin mask or bandage, his eyes are large and darkened with black makeup, and his teeth are crooked or missing. He wears a long dark cloak over dark clothing. He folds his arms and wears white gloves. A dark statue with a menacing expression stands behind him.

Lon Chaney

Photograph of Dr. Hans Ras with short dark hair, large glasses, and slight smile. He wears a dark suit and tie and white collared shirt.

Dr. Hans Ras

Alicia Wooten with shoulder-length brown hair parted on the side and curled toward her face. She smiles and wears a blue top. The background is out of focus and appears as colorful dots.

Dr. Alicia Wooten

John Bongiovanni wearing glasses, a long dark jacket over a white shirt and striped tie, and light colored pants. He holds a rigid handle on the harness of his guide dog with his left and and feels elevator buttons with his right hand.

Dr. John Bongiovanni

A black and white photograph of Lon Chaney as the Phantom of the Opera, with makeup that disfigures his face and nose. the right side of his face covered by a thin mask or bandage, his eyes are large and darkened with black makeup, and his teeth are crooked or missing. He wears a long dark cloak over dark clothing. He folds his arms and wears white gloves. A dark statue with a menacing expression stands behind him.

Lon Chaney

Photograph of Dr. Hans Ras with short dark hair, large glasses, and slight smile. He wears a dark suit and tie and white collared shirt.

Dr. Hans Ras

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Graphic of many colorful hexagons around a large white central hexagon. A rainbow infinite sign appears about text that reads Happy World Autism Acceptance Day! Especially today we encourage non-autistic people to see out and elevate the voices of autistic people.

World Autism Day

Black and white photo of Dr. Armitage with a wiry white beard and male pattern baldness with tufts of white hair above his ears. He wears a dark coat and looks straight ahead.

Dr. Thomas Rhodes Armitage

Sign-Zone app launched (2021)

Close up of Sue Townsend propping her head on the bent fingers of her right hand. She has short blonde hair, wears a black and white striped top, and smiles slightly at the camera.

Sue Townsend

Graphic of many colorful hexagons around a large white central hexagon. A rainbow infinite sign appears about text that reads Happy World Autism Acceptance Day! Especially today we encourage non-autistic people to see out and elevate the voices of autistic people.

World Autism Day

Black and white photo of Dr. Armitage with a wiry white beard and male pattern baldness with tufts of white hair above his ears. He wears a dark coat and looks straight ahead.

Dr. Thomas Rhodes Armitage

Sign-Zone app launched (2021)

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Jane Goodall in a khaki shirt and shorts sits on a rock and reaches her right hand out to a baby chimp's outstretched arm. Her blonde hair is tied in a ponytail, and she is surrounded by foliage.

Dr. Jane Goodall

Newspaper with the headline Midgets of America Adopt Man-Sized Program at Confab

Little People of America first convention (1957)

Jane Goodall in a khaki shirt and shorts sits on a rock and reaches her right hand out to a baby chimp's outstretched arm. Her blonde hair is tied in a ponytail, and she is surrounded by foliage.

Dr. Jane Goodall

Newspaper with the headline Midgets of America Adopt Man-Sized Program at Confab

Little People of America first convention (1957)

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Graphic design portrait of Maya Angelou with a patterned head wrap and matching top. Beside her is a small red bird in a cage with styled lettering that reads I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou.

Maya Angelou

A smiling Johanna Lucht in front of an airplane. She wears glasses, a blue bandana over her short buzzed hair, and a red shirt. She holds up her right sleeve to reveal a small NASA tattoo on her bicep, which she flexes like Rosie the Riveter.

Johanna Lucht plays active role in NASA control center

Graphic design portrait of Maya Angelou with a patterned head wrap and matching top. Beside her is a small red bird in a cage with styled lettering that reads I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou.

Maya Angelou

A smiling Johanna Lucht in front of an airplane. She wears glasses, a blue bandana over her short buzzed hair, and a red shirt. She holds up her right sleeve to reveal a small NASA tattoo on her bicep, which she flexes like Rosie the Riveter.

Johanna Lucht plays active role in NASA control center

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Black Panther member Brad Lomax speaks into a microphone next to Judy Heumann and Kitty Cone. All three sit in wheelchairs

504 Protests begin (1977)

Newspaper headline Innovator of phone use for the deaf with a picture of James Marsters in a white shirt, dark tie, and glasses holding a long printout from the teletypewriter.

Dr. James C. Marsters

Alex Fridman in a motorized wheelchair, long-sleeved white collared shirt, and black tie with diagonal strikes. He has short light hair and wears a serious expression.

Alex Fridman

Black Panther member Brad Lomax speaks into a microphone next to Judy Heumann and Kitty Cone. All three sit in wheelchairs

504 Protests begin (1977)

Newspaper headline Innovator of phone use for the deaf with a picture of James Marsters in a white shirt, dark tie, and glasses holding a long printout from the teletypewriter.

Dr. James C. Marsters

Alex Fridman in a motorized wheelchair, long-sleeved white collared shirt, and black tie with diagonal strikes. He has short light hair and wears a serious expression.

Alex Fridman

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Comic book cover with a large feminine face with lines of black, purple, green, pink, and yellow forming a mask around the eyes. Below, the silhouette of a woman with two arm braces. Text reads Karmzah, the Unleashing.

Farida Bedwei

Lauren Ridoff in a red and gray superhero suit with black braided hair and a determined expression.

Lauren Ridloff

Comic book cover with a large feminine face with lines of black, purple, green, pink, and yellow forming a mask around the eyes. Below, the silhouette of a woman with two arm braces. Text reads Karmzah, the Unleashing.

Farida Bedwei

Lauren Ridoff in a red and gray superhero suit with black braided hair and a determined expression.

Lauren Ridloff

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Black and white photo of Kitty Cone and Judy Heumann, both in wheelchairs. She wears a knit cap that covers her hair, large square glasses, a long-sleeved jacket, and a two pins on either shoulder that say "IAM", which stands for the International Association of Machinists. She holds papers and leans toward a microphone.

Kitty Cone

Francis Ford Coppola with gray hair, white wiry mustache and beard, and glasses in a gray suit, white collared shirt, and blue tie. He looks to his left and has a microphone near his mouth.

Francis Ford Coppola

Black and white photo of Kitty Cone and Judy Heumann, both in wheelchairs. She wears a knit cap that covers her hair, large square glasses, a long-sleeved jacket, and a two pins on either shoulder that say "IAM", which stands for the International Association of Machinists. She holds papers and leans toward a microphone.

Kitty Cone

Francis Ford Coppola with gray hair, white wiry mustache and beard, and glasses in a gray suit, white collared shirt, and blue tie. He looks to his left and has a microphone near his mouth.

Francis Ford Coppola

Digital graphic of the Charter. The pointer and middle fingers of a right hand are placed on an upturned left palm, which in ASL means to sign or add one's signature.

Gallaudet Charter Day (1864)

Serge F. Kovaleski in a black leather jacket, dark shirt, and pants sits at a red desk with red brick behind him. He has a white goat, dark framed glasses, dark earring in his left ear, and a brown tweed cap.

Serge F. Kovaleski

Digital graphic of the Charter. The pointer and middle fingers of a right hand are placed on an upturned left palm, which in ASL means to sign or add one's signature.

Gallaudet Charter Day (1864)

Serge F. Kovaleski in a black leather jacket, dark shirt, and pants sits at a red desk with red brick behind him. He has a white goat, dark framed glasses, dark earring in his left ear, and a brown tweed cap.

Serge F. Kovaleski

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Grainy black and white photo of Charles Proteus Steinmetz with short dark hair, dark mustache and beard. He wears small round glasses and a dark suit. He wears a serious expression and gazes to his left.

Charles Proteus Steinmetz

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Photo of Joseph Pulitzer with dark hair, thick mustache and beard leaning his head on his left fist. He wears a dark suit, and the front covers of The New York World and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspapers make up his background.

Joseph Pulitzer

David Harbour holds a microphone near his mouth. He wears a dark jacket over a red, white, and blue shirt and has bushy eyebrows and a wiry mustache and graying beard.

David Harbour

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An aging Robert Weitbrecht sits at a desk and points to his TTY device as an older man, James Marsters, looks at it over his shoulder. Weitbrecht wears a long-sleeved plaid shirt and glasses and has wispy graying hair and male-pattern baldness.

Dr. Robert Weitbrecht

An older Estelle Caldwell Fletcher in glasses and a patterned blouse sits on a couch with her husband. He wears glasses and a dark top and jacket with a white collar. They face each other with their hands gesturing in ASL.

Estelle Caldwell Fletcher

An aging Robert Weitbrecht sits at a desk and points to his TTY device as an older man, James Marsters, looks at it over his shoulder. Weitbrecht wears a long-sleeved plaid shirt and glasses and has wispy graying hair and male-pattern baldness.

Dr. Robert Weitbrecht

An older Estelle Caldwell Fletcher in glasses and a patterned blouse sits on a couch with her husband. He wears glasses and a dark top and jacket with a white collar. They face each other with their hands gesturing in ASL.

Estelle Caldwell Fletcher

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William Harry Davis, Sr. sits at a desk with papers and holds a pen in his right hand. He wears a white collared shirt and dark tie, has short dark hair and a mustache, and smiles at the camera.

William Harry Davis, Sr.

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Stephen Heywood in a motorized wheelchair with display screen. He wears a long-sleeved white shirt and has short brown hair. His two brothers stand next to him in dark clothing. One has a mustache and goatee.

Stephen Heywood

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Linda Bove in a white sweater and short dark hair stands with the Sesame Street muppet characters, Bert and Ernie. Both muppets wear long-sleeved striped shirts. Bert, the taller, thinner yellow muppet with a pronounced unibrow, signs the ASL letter A. Next to him, Linda Bove signs the letter B. Ernie, the shorter, plumper orange muppet, signs the letter C. Text reads Sesame Street Sign Language ABC with Linda Bove.

Linda Bove debuts on Sesame Street (1971)

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Bronze sculpture of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and young Alice Cogswell. Gallaudet is seated and, by resting his right thumb next to his closed fist, makes the ASL sign for the letter A. He gazes down at Alice, who also signs the letter A with her right hand while clutching a book to her heart with her left hand. She looks up at Gallaudet. Blue skies and green trees are behind the sculpture on the campus of the American School for the Deaf.

American School for the Deaf opens (1817)

Painting of Leonhard Euler with his head turned to his right. He is wearing a blue coat with black stripes over a ruffled white blouse. His hair and head is covered by a silver head wrap. He purses his lips, and his right eye droops.

Leonhard Euler

Bronze sculpture of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and young Alice Cogswell. Gallaudet is seated and, by resting his right thumb next to his closed fist, makes the ASL sign for the letter A. He gazes down at Alice, who also signs the letter A with her right hand while clutching a book to her heart with her left hand. She looks up at Gallaudet. Blue skies and green trees are behind the sculpture on the campus of the American School for the Deaf.

American School for the Deaf opens (1817)

Painting of Leonhard Euler with his head turned to his right. He is wearing a blue coat with black stripes over a ruffled white blouse. His hair and head is covered by a silver head wrap. He purses his lips, and his right eye droops.

Leonhard Euler

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Frank Williams in a dark long-sleeved shirt and pants sits in a wheelchair with a headset on his lap. He has a receding hairline and badge around his neck, and he gestures with his right hand as he talks to a race car driver, who bends at the waist and leans in to hear Williams.

Sir Frank Williams

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Simple Google Doodle sketch of Chavela Vargas wearing a patterned poncho and sunglasses. Her eyes are closed, chin raised, and mouth open in song, and she raises both arms, palms upward, above her head. Her body replaces the two letter Ose in the word Google.

Chavela Vargas

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Black and white photo of Ilya Kaminsky with short dark hair, a dark jacket over a striped collared shirt, and glasses. He smiles with his eyes closed. To the right is the cover of his book Deaf Republic with a graphic of an ear made of bricks.

Dr. Ilya Kaminsky

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Dr. Peter Scott Morgan

Painting of Erastus Deaf Smith with short dark hair, a brain jacket, red scarf tie, and white collared shirt.

Erastus "Deaf" Smith

Dr. Peter Scott Morgan

Painting of Erastus Deaf Smith with short dark hair, a brain jacket, red scarf tie, and white collared shirt.

Erastus "Deaf" Smith

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Hope Lewellen in a wheelchair, dark baseball cap and sunglasses, white short-sleeved top, and red shorts. She looks upward at a tennis ball she has thrown up in the air, and her tennis racket in her right hand is poised to hit it.

Hope Lewellen

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Grainy black and white photo of Mary Rogers Miller showing just her face and neck. She has dark hair in an updo and a white collared blouse.

Mary Rogers Miller

Black and white photo of Murray B. Allen in a black suit and tie and collared white shirt. He has short white hair, dark eyebrows, and wears a serious expression.

Murray B. Allen

Grainy black and white photo of Mary Rogers Miller showing just her face and neck. She has dark hair in an updo and a white collared blouse.

Mary Rogers Miller

Black and white photo of Murray B. Allen in a black suit and tie and collared white shirt. He has short white hair, dark eyebrows, and wears a serious expression.

Murray B. Allen

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Black and white photo of Skeeter Brandon with short, graying buzz cut and dark sunglasses. He wears a dark top and gazes slightly downward.

Skeeter Brandon

Rocky Stoutenburgh at a desk in front a green screen. He wears a backwards baseball cap, large earphones, and a blue Luminosity jersey. Microphones and a QuadStick are positioned around him.

Rocky Stoutenburgh

James Langevin smiles in an official portrait with an American flag behind him. He wears a dark suit, blue shirt, red and blue tie, glasses, and a golden pin on his suit jacket lapel.

James Langevin

Black and white photo of Skeeter Brandon with short, graying buzz cut and dark sunglasses. He wears a dark top and gazes slightly downward.

Skeeter Brandon

Rocky Stoutenburgh at a desk in front a green screen. He wears a backwards baseball cap, large earphones, and a blue Luminosity jersey. Microphones and a QuadStick are positioned around him.

Rocky Stoutenburgh

James Langevin smiles in an official portrait with an American flag behind him. He wears a dark suit, blue shirt, red and blue tie, glasses, and a golden pin on his suit jacket lapel.

James Langevin

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Cover of Zina Weygand's book The Blind in French Society from the Middle Ages to the Century of Louis Braille. Included is an illustration of a man with his fingers from both hands on an open book.

Dr. Zina Weygand

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Apple Gabriel holds a microphone and smiles with his eyes closed. He wears a coral colored top and burgundy rastacap.

Apple Gabriel

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Dr. David Eagleman

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Madge Bester wearing a black and white checkered dress, red socks, and glasses. Her hair is pulled back, and she smiles at the camera sitting in a wheelchair.

Madge Bester

Black and white postcard with Sammy Skobel bent at the hips with his hands on his bent knees. He wears dark colored clothing with knee pads and roller skates, and his shirt has the number 14 in large letters. He has short curly hair and smiles slightly, facing his right.

Sammy Skobel

Robert Peters in a dark sweater over a white collared shirt. He has short black hair, and deep set eyes. He smiles slightly and folds his arms in front of him.

Robert Peters

Madge Bester wearing a black and white checkered dress, red socks, and glasses. Her hair is pulled back, and she smiles at the camera sitting in a wheelchair.

Madge Bester

Black and white postcard with Sammy Skobel bent at the hips with his hands on his bent knees. He wears dark colored clothing with knee pads and roller skates, and his shirt has the number 14 in large letters. He has short curly hair and smiles slightly, facing his right.

Sammy Skobel

Robert Peters in a dark sweater over a white collared shirt. He has short black hair, and deep set eyes. He smiles slightly and folds his arms in front of him.

Robert Peters

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Not Dead Yet founded (1996)

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A large crowd of people, some in wheelchairs, outdoors holding signs that say victory and 504 victory shalom.

Section 504 regulations signed (1977)

Alioto-Pier in dark clothing and a wheelchair sits at the the bottom of five stairs leading up to the board president's dais in the the ornate supervisors' chamber. The carpet is patterned gold and blue, the walls are carved wood, and the raised dais, to which there is no ramp, has columns and flags.

Michela Alioto-Pier

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Jillian Mercado with short, bleached blonde hair, large hoop earrings, and a black and white checkered top. She has a tattoo on her left wrist.

Jillian Mercado

April

Limb Loss Awareness Month

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