Family Quote by Lou Ann Walker

“From 1963 through 1965, a nationwide epidemic of rubella—German measles—caused thousands of women to deliver babies who were handicapped in some way:”

— Lou Ann Walker

“there are signs that are parodies of actual objects and that retain a cleverness even for deaf people. Indeed, these signs are to sight…

— Lou Ann Walker

“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

“It was like the old joke: the operation was a success but the patient died. Theories and goals of education don’t matter a whit…

— Lou Ann Walker

“One story was about a deaf man who was driving in the country, when safety bars were lowered across the road at a railroad…

— Lou Ann Walker

“Mom turned to me, puzzled. In sign language, she asked, “What was Grandpa saying in the kitchen?” My heart froze.”

— Lou Ann Walker

“Less and less we were freaks. More and more we were curiosities.”

— Lou Ann Walker

“By the time we got back to his house, Grandpa couldn’t reproduce the two signs he’d learned, but he hurried inside to describe to…

— Lou Ann Walker

“her parents had no way of telling her she was going away to school.”

— Lou Ann Walker

“And then she made a sign that sent a chill up my spine. It was a slang sign meaning “I’m deaf,” but it’s crudely…

— Lou Ann Walker

“Like virtually all schools for the deaf at that time, the Indiana State School emphasized oral skills: speaking and lipreading.”

— Lou Ann Walker

“So much had been lost.”

— Lou Ann Walker