Time Quote by Lou Ann Walker

I've always wanted to write a book relating my experiences growing up as a deaf child in Chicago. Contrary to what people might think,…

— Marlee Matlin

“I was the only student she’d taught who’d actually known any deaf people. Most of the students in my courses were there because they’d…

— Lou Ann Walker

Most of my students were not deaf.

— Lauren Ridloff

“From the first two-hour class on, I had not said a word. I wanted them to know a little bit of what it is…

— Lou Ann Walker

“We are all born almost Deaf, Dumb and Blind; trial and error have, thus far, been our best teacher.”

— Balan Gothandaraman

There are many issues within the deaf community but, for me, none more important than access to education for deaf children.

— Rachel Shenton

“A conservative survey once showed that the average deaf high school graduate has a third-grade reading ability.”

— Lou Ann Walker

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

“What’s interesting about the studies is that prelingually deaf people (people such as my parents, who were born deaf or who lost their hearing…

— Lou Ann Walker

In outstanding classrooms, teachers do more listening than talking, and students do more talking than listening. Terrific teachers often have teeth marks on their…

— Alfie Kohn

“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

Speech is the birthright of every child. It is the deaf child's one fair chance to keep in touch with his fellows.

— Helen Keller