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Thursday, June 10, 2004
Persistence Pays Off For Deaf Woman With RP
At the age of 56, Janet Kyricos Marcous will graduate from the University of Massachusetts Boston. Marcous, who is Deaf and was diagnosed with RP at 30, will also receive a prestigious award that recognises academic excellence. Read more about Marcous and what she has achieved despite much discrimination in '35 years later, she earns degree: Deaf-blind woman wins Kennedy Award' (Boston Globe, 3 June, 2004).
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