After Quote by I. King Jordan

When I was young I knew I was deaf. I couldn't accept it.

— Marlee Matlin

Having deaf parents shaped my whole life because back in the day there was no technology that could help them.

— Paul Raci

Being in the hearing world was more of a challenge than being in the Deaf world, because I had to learn how to write…

— Jack Jason

One of the reasons I wanted to teach deaf children was because it made me very sad that they spoke so clumsily and that…

— Stephanie Beacham

They thought I was deaf when I was a kid because I was always totally off in my own little world.

— Lynne Ramsay

I took some classes in sign language when I was in my early teens because I was told that I would be completely deaf…

— Stephanie Beacham

Growing up, I didn't know that there were other deaf people out there. I thought I was the only one.

— Lauren Ridloff

For me, culturally, I'm deaf. I'm a deaf woman, and my life choices are made because of my experience of growing up as a…

— Lauren Ridloff

Every job I have been given, I have always been the only deaf person and it always comes with its challenges and issues.

— Rose Ayling-Ellis

I became deaf when I was 18 months old. And I learned to sign when I was 5 years old.

— Marlee Matlin

All my life, I just felt that I should have finished my education.

— Gretchen Wilson

Be deaf when people tell you that you can't fulfill your dreams

— Ritu Ghatourey