Aids Quote by Marlee Matlin

I've seen the needless struggles that deaf children and deaf people face, and that gave me the impetus to write.

— Rachel Shenton

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

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

— Rachel Shenton

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

When I was 11, I knew that I wanted to write a kid's book and tell the world what it was like being deaf.

— Marlee Matlin

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 believe that diverse, rich, and fascinating deaf stories are ready to go mainstream and that we can do this, together.

— Rose Ayling-Ellis

I don't know if I want to write about being deaf per se, but I do know that it'll color my story as a…

— 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

I know a little bit about deaf culture because a friend of mine has been in the deaf culture for awhile. Over the course…

— John Scalzi

It was intimidating to play a deaf character. There's a whole culture in the deaf community and I really wanted to know a lot…

— Piper Perabo

One of the things I did when I was in New York, which has a wonderful deaf community, is I have worked on making…

— Camryn Manheim