# Deaf in the military

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxIslay
- Speaker: Keith Nolan
- Year: 2011
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/keith_nolan_deaf_in_the_military)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Keith Nolan always wanted to join the United States military. The challenge: he is Deaf, which is an automatic disqualification according to military rules. In this talk, he describes his fight to fight for his country. (In American Sign Language with real-time interpretation by Rita Alexander)

## Lectures

1. [Deaf in the military](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/keith_nolan_deaf_in_the_military/ca612ea5967c), 19 min (TED's player)