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Heather Whitestone: A Life Of The Deaf

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Many deaf people have been influential in the everyday life of an average deaf individual. While I was researching, I found one in particular that stood out to me. She was the first Miss America with a disability, she was deaf she was Heather Whitestone. She came to face many great challenges in her life, but she overcame them all. When Heather was just 18 months old she got influenza and had to be rushed to the hospital. She had an extremely high fever and was near death. The doctors gave her medicine which saved her life. Heather’s parents were informed that she would be back to normal in a few short weeks. It became prevalent to Heather’s mother when she dropped some pans a short distance from her that there was a problem.
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