Haben Girma, a disability rights advocate, author and the first deafblind graduate of Harvard Law School, spoke at a Sacred Heart Greenwich assembly on Jan. 27 about herself and her advocacy work.

Cities and tech companies need to plan for accessibility early in the design process, include disabled people in solutions, and review the many published accessibility guidelines.

At Harvard Law School, the usual rhythm of casebooks and classroom debate had to be rebuilt around Haben Girma. Readings arrived digitally, a Braille display carried the words under her fingertips, ...

Berkeley civil rights attorney Haben Girma was appointed the first deaf and blind board trustee of Helen Keller Services for the Blind on Thursday. Founded in 1893, Helen Keller Services is a national ...

When it comes to identifying bias in tech, there are two ways of coming at it: the tech itself and the people who are putting it to work. A facial recognition system may be racist itself (such as ...