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Summer Academy for Advancing Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Computing
June 27, 2013
Competitive STEM program at UW targets deaf, hard of hearing students
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The Summer Academy for Advancing Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Computing at the University of Washington is the only program of its kind in the nation that offers a full quarter of academic credit to incoming college students or those who just finished their first year.
August 19, 2010
Deaf, hard-of-hearing students do first test of sign language by cell phone
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Editor’s note: Each year the summer academy hosts a premier of the students’ animated short films.
August 2, 2007
New Computer Science academy welcomes hearing-impaired students
![Richard Ladner and students](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2012/12/04203128/DeafAcademy_med-150x150.jpg)
History shows many deaf artists and inventors, including Thomas Edison and Ludwig van Beethoven.