Ilze Aäron became the first student to graduate using sign language as a medium of learning at Stellenbosch University.
Aäron’s family realised that
she had hearing loss when she was about 10-years-old, after discovering that
her speech was different.
“Two days after the news, my
mom went back to the doctor and asked him what she could do to help me. He
suggested that I wore hearing aids to improve what hearing I had left,” said
Aaron, in a media statement
for Stellenbosch University.
Ilze Aäron has always had a
passion for teaching. Following her matriculation, she became a teacher’s
assistant at the Dominican Wittebome School for the Deaf, where she learned
about teaching deaf children. Courtesy: Stellenbosch University
The 22-year-old graduated with
a Bachelor of Education in foundation phase education.
“I cannot wait to graduate
just to prove that deaf people also have dreams and that we can achieve anything
that we set our minds to,” said Aäron, last year.
Done By: Caitlin Maledo
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