Actually, politics came to her, not she to politics, says Heike Heubach. She is the first deaf member of parliament in the history of the Bundestag. Here she talks about her beginnings in parliament and how she works there.
Heike Heubach extends her hand in greeting. The reporter greets in sign language: thumb and index finger form a circle, then the raised hands open like a curtain – to say “good morning”.
Heubach is the first deaf member of parliament in the history of the Bundestag, which is why there is great interest in the successor from Stadtbergen in Bavaria. Also because many practical questions arise. How does it work when she wants to give a speech in the plenary session? Or does the shrill bell ring because a vote is being called – which Heubach cannot hear? And why did it take until the 75th anniversary year for a deaf member to sit in the Bundestag for the first time?
Source: Stern
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