Achieving Goals! Career Stories of Individuals Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing: Phenomenal Professionals (Claudia Gordon, ESQ)

7 minutes

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Claudia Gordon became deaf from an unknown illness as a child. Today she is an attorney in Washington, DC. She shares her story of becoming an advocate for people. This is a short segment from the "Achieving Goals! Career Stories of Individuals Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing: Phenomenal Professionals."

Media Details

Runtime: 7 minutes

Topic: Careers, Deaf Life, Social Science
Subtopic: Deaf - General, Law, Occupations
Grade/Interest Level: 7 - 12
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Release Year: 2002
Producer/Distributor: Pepnet-Northeast/NTID
Series: Achieving Goals! Career Stories of Individuals Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing

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Still image from: Achieving Goals! Career Stories of Individuals Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing: Phenomenal Professionals (Vol. 1)

Still image from: Achieving Goals! Career Stories of Individuals Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing: Phenomenal Professionals (Claudia Gordon, ESQ)

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Still image from: Achieving Goals! Career Stories of Individuals Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing: Phenomenal Professionals (Dr. Scott Smith, MD, MPH)

A person holding a dog on a leash while someone in a lab coat examines the dog. The dog's ears are back, and the dog looks nervous. Caption: I pay attention quite a bit to how the animals behave.

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Viewer Comments

Darlene C. (North Potomac, MD)

June 12th, 2019 at 08:02 PM

My students enjoyed learning about Claudia. It was motivational for the students