Did you know.....?

Our DMV region has been home to trailblazers including:

• Dr. Vint Cerf (VA) - Internet pioneer & accessibility advocate
• Nyle DiMarco (Frederick, MD) - Actor, model, and ASL advocate
• Sigrid Cerf (VA) - CI user whose experience inspired accessibility efforts
• George R. L. Turberville (Chantilly, VA) - Early Deaf education pioneer
• Kathleen L. Brockway - Historian preserving Virginia Deaf heritage
• Edward Caledon Bruce - (Winchester, VA) - 19th-century Deaf artist
• Dr. Jane Norman (Covington, VA) - Filmmaker and museum founder
• Howard Hille Johnson - DeafBlind educator and school founder
• John C. Covell - 1800s Deaf education leader at VSDB

(From the Northern Virginia Resource Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons, eNews April 3, 2025)