<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlee_Matlin" class="extiw" title="w:Marlee Matlin">Marlee Matlin</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Awards" class="extiw" title="w:Academy Awards">Oscar</a>-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actress" class="extiw" title="w:Academy Award for Best Actress">winning</a> Deaf Hollywood actress, spoke at the Maiersdorf Conference Center at the Mount Scopus Campus of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_University_of_Jerusalem" class="extiw" title="w:Hebrew University of Jerusalem">Hebrew University of Jerusalem</a>. The meeting was organized by the Disability Studies Center in the Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, with the support of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruderman_Family_Foundation" class="extiw" title="w:Ruderman Family Foundation">Ruderman Family Foundation</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Jewish_Joint_Distribution_Committee" class="extiw" title="w:American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee">Joint Distribution Committee</a> in Israel.<br>
In the meeting, Matlin talked about People with Disabilities in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_(communication)" class="extiw" title="w:Media (communication)">Media</a>.
Yossi Zamir
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