Ronald Hirano is an author that has dug deeply into Deaf Asian history. He published a biography book, “The Life Story of Mother Delight Rice and Her Children: The First Teacher for the Deaf in the Philippines,” a fascinating narrative on a remarkable CODA woman teaching Deaf children, eventually traveling to the Philippines to establish a Deaf school and taught Deaf children. See the importance of learning your community’s history here!

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