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Haben Girma's a Harvard Law School graduate, an attorney, she's been invited to the White House... and she's Deafblind. With the help of her braille computer, she tells Emily Webb about the time she gave Barack Obama a hard time for typing with two fingers. Haben has published a book called Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law.

Presenter: Emily Webb
Producer: Becky Vincent

Photo: Haben Girma meeting Barack Obama in 2015
Credit: White House/ Pete Souza

Published on Thursday, 12th December 2019.

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