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He attended Marlton School, which specialized in teaching students from kindergarten through 12th grade who are deaf and hard of hearing.

The school, founded 165 years ago in San Francisco, is a state-run boarding school for the deaf, where nearly all employees, students and staff are deaf or hard of hearing.

“Deaf and hard of hearing Americans have the right to the same access to White House information as everyone else. Denying them ASL interpreters is a direct violation of that right, and the NAD will continue to fight for their full inclusion in the democratic process,” said Dr. Bobbie Beth Scoggins, Interim CEO of the NAD.

Speech-to-text programs are becoming more popular for everyday tasks like hands-free dictation, helping people who are visually impaired, and transcribing speech for those who are hard of hearing.

Home-schooled by her parents, Thea, who like Stine is hard of hearing, is further isolated by her parents’ refusal to adapt to her disability.