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title: "2 Deafness Quotes By I. King Jordan"
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> [Differences among deaf people are okay, but we need to recognize those differences and work together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i-king-jordan/differences-among-deaf-people-are-okay-but-we-need-to-recognize-those/)

[I. King Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/i-king-jordan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f23/i-king-jordan-45543_among_differences-among-deaf-people-are-okay-b_478968.jpg)

> [At Gallaudet, deafness isn't an issue. You don't even think about it. Students can pay attention to accounting or psychology or journalism. But when a deaf person goes to another college, no matter how supportive it is, that person doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i-king-jordan/at-gallaudet-deafness-isn-t-an-issue-you-don-t-even-think-about-it/)

[I. King Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/i-king-jordan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a71/i-king-jordan-45543_about_at-gallaudet-deafness-isn-t-an-issue-you_1132169.jpg)

## Other authors on Deafness

## More by I. King Jordan

> [Differences among deaf people are okay, but we need to recognize those differences and work together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i-king-jordan/differences-among-deaf-people-are-okay-but-we-need-to-recognize-those/)

[I. King Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/i-king-jordan/)

> [At Gallaudet, deafness isn't an issue. You don't even think about it. Students can pay attention to accounting or psychology or journalism. But when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i-king-jordan/at-gallaudet-deafness-isn-t-an-issue-you-don-t-even-think-about-it/)

[I. King Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/i-king-jordan/)

> [Technology is helping more and more deaf people hear, but here at Gallaudet, we focus on learning and achieving-not on listening. So I would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i-king-jordan/technology-is-helping-more-and-more-deaf-people-hear-but-here-at/)

[I. King Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/i-king-jordan/)

> [There are people who are born deaf and grow up deaf who don't speak at all, and some of them have told me that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i-king-jordan/there-are-people-who-are-born-deaf-and-grow-up-deaf-who-don-t-speak/)

[I. King Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/i-king-jordan/)

> [I lived for a year in Scotland. British sign language is very different from American.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i-king-jordan/i-lived-for-a-year-in-scotland-british-sign-language-is-very/)

[I. King Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/i-king-jordan/)

> [After becoming deaf, I realized that I'd better get an education if I was ever to do anything with my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i-king-jordan/after-becoming-deaf-i-realized-that-i-d-better-get-an-education-if-i/)

[I. King Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/i-king-jordan/)

> [I grew up outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in a little town, and went to a regular high school. I was a... very average student in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i-king-jordan/i-grew-up-outside-philadelphia-pennsylvania-in-a-little-town-and-went/)

[I. King Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/i-king-jordan/)

> [I'm committed to sign in everything I communicate, but I also speak. I still believe that I reach more people when I do that.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i-king-jordan/i-m-committed-to-sign-in-everything-i-communicate-but-i-also-speak-i/)

[I. King Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/i-king-jordan/)

> [I'm a psychologist. I was a psychology faculty member, and then I became an administrator of the department, then the Dean of the College…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i-king-jordan/i-m-a-psychologist-i-was-a-psychology-faculty-member-and-then-i/)

[I. King Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/i-king-jordan/)

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