Age Quote by 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 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

My grandmother taught me how to read, very early, but she taught me to read just the way she taught herself how to read…

— Vik Muniz

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

— Marlee Matlin

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

— Lauren Ridloff

I started to learn English when I was 10-years-old.

— Diogo Jota

So, for people who aren't aware: the biggest obstacle to having hearing loss is not having access to language. And there are many Deaf…

— Lauren Ridloff

“The root difficulty in all cases was the state of being blind and deaf to words-- not seeing the words for the prose. Being…

— Jacques Barzun

I used to be Miss Deaf America in another lifetime, and literacy was my platform at that time. And it's still very important to…

— Lauren Ridloff

“Hear me now or regret it later: Everything you write must be read aloud. Once all the context items are in place, this is…

— Jiro Adachi

To really understand a deaf person's experience, you need someone that is deaf to be able to tell you what their experience is.

— Millicent Simmonds

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