November Book Club Summary
Thank you to all who attended our book club discussion of “Haben” by Haben Girme.
We have decided to change the schedule so we won’t have Book Club in December and we will move that book to January.
Below is the summary with links:
- Haben Girme’s website: https://habengirma.com/
- Haben’s remarks on 25th Anniversary of ADA: https://youtu.be/61HzFPs2LXQ
- Link to her article in “The Financial Times” entitled “People with Disabilities drive innovation”: https://habengirma.com/2017/09/13/people-with-disabilities-drive-innovation/
- A Brief Disability Accessibility Guide from Haben’s website: https://habengirma.com/2016/10/12/producing-positive-disability-stories-a-brief-guide/
- PopSugar Article by Haben Girma: Haben Girma: Why I Never Tell People With Disabilities to “Just Work Harder”: https://www.popsugar.com/smart-living/haben-girma-essay-about-working-disability-45311620
- She has a list of articles she’s written on her website: https://habengirma.com/writing/
- A list of videos featuring Haben on her website: https://habengirma.com/videos/
- Haben on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/habengirma
- Haben on Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/habengirma
- Haben on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/habengirma
- Haben on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/habengirma/
Other items and Links discussed:
- “Cutting for Stone” by Abraham Verghese (book on Ethiopia that a member recommended).
- A member talked about Auracast technology in hearing aids:
- https://www.bluetooth.com/auracast/
- HLAA webinar on Auracast: (YouTube recording on November 2022 webinar)
- HLAA is having a new webinar on Auracast: “ReSound: Auracast™ Broadcast Audio and Hearing Aids:
The Future of Wireless Sound has Arrived.” Wednesday, December 6th, 11:30 a.m. ET, 30 minutes: Register: https://hearingloss.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pfiUJQ6TQjC04mJvms8dpA?#/registration
- A member talked about using this Smartphone specifically for transcription: BLU 6GB Smartphone using LiveTranscribe (visit BLU phones on Amazon)
- Hearing Accessibility in iOS: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210070
- I shared a blog post I wrote last year for HLAA-TC “Surviving the Holidays with Hearing Loss”: https://www.hlaatc.org/technology-hearing-devices-for-surviving-the-holidays-with-hearing-loss/
Next Book Club:
December 2023: We decided No Book Club in December 2023, so the next book club will be in January 2024. JANUARY BOOK CLUB: Tuesday, JANUARY 23, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. “Keeping Lucy: A Novel” by T. Greenwood (Fiction) [ZOOM- REGISTER HERE] (Zoom Meeting)
Next HLAA-TC Chapter meeting if you’re interested: DECEMBER CHAPTER MEETING: Saturday, DECEMBER 16, 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Holiday Party (Hybrid Meeting- Both at Courage Kenny and on ZOOM- REGISTER HERE