Children Quote by Rachel Shenton

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 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

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

Once the writer in every individual comes to life (and that time is not far off), we are in for an age of universal…

— Milan Kundera

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

“One of the criticisms leveled at deaf people is that they’re rigid thinkers. For”

— Lou Ann Walker

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

“Being deaf is not a weakness or it shouldn’t be seen as one and that’s what I wanted to get across that day. It’s…

— Melyssa Winchester

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

— Balan Gothandaraman

[On being deaf:] We must struggle for whatever may be had, without encroaching on the comfort of others.

— Harriet Martineau

Writing has always helped me to make sense of difficult things.

— Joshua Prager