Childhood Quote by Lauren Ridloff

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

— Lauren Ridloff

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

— Marlee Matlin

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

— Lynne Ramsay

I love that being deaf gives you a different perception of life. It makes you more empathetic.

— Rose Ayling-Ellis

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

I was born deaf, and I gained my hearing back when I was six months old - it was a miraculous event.

— Lindsay Pearce

I lay in bed the night before the fishing trip and thought it over, about my being deaf, about the years of not letting…

— Ken Kesey

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

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

— Marlee Matlin

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

— Paul Raci

I was thrown to suddenly find myself considered a deaf pioneer, the poster girl for the deaf community. It came with new pressures that…

— Rose Ayling-Ellis

But I remember one thing: it wasn't me that started acting deaf; it was people that first started acting like I was too dumb…

— Ken Kesey