Able Quote by Jack Jason

I grew up in a country where I remember my parents not being able to have a conversation on the phone. The walls had…

— Jan Koum

I am fourth-generation deaf, which means everyone in my immediate family is deaf. So I grew up always having 100 percent accessibility to language…

— Shoshannah Stern

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

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

— Lynne Ramsay

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

— Lauren Ridloff

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

— Paul Raci

When I learned to sign and speak at the same time, the whole world opened up to me. That's the beauty of encouraging kids…

— Marlee Matlin

My parents have a brilliant ear for languages and mimicry and accents, which I think I've inherited - that I can listen to things…

— Dervla Kirwan

“By the age of two, hearing children perceived their parents’ deafness well enough to know automatically that they must use gestures with their parents…

— Lou Ann Walker

I was born deaf. I was raised in a hearing world and in a deaf world at the same time. I can't say that…

— Sean Berdy

When I was 13 I made a youth national team and we went on a trip to Europe. It was the first time that…

— Jesse Marsch

While taking sign language in high school, one of our assignments was to go out and participate in the deaf community, so I really…

— Zach LaVine