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The availability of roles for deaf actors has always been very limited. After 'Switched at Birth' began including deaf actors, a ripple effect has…

— Sean Berdy

I can see that 'Switched at Birth' is attracting audiences because of the diversity and the American Sign Language as well. American Sign Language…

— Sean Berdy

I did my first series lead back in 1991 on a show called 'Reasonable Doubts' and have done many shows with other actors who…

— Marlee Matlin

The deaf community is nearly never portrayed accurately on television/film because most writers never took the time to immerse themselves in the deaf culture…

— Sean Berdy

I never really saw deaf people on TV.

— Rose Ayling-Ellis

“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

“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

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

When people learn they'll be working with deaf actors, they think, 'She needs an interpreter.' But they often don't realise they need to think…

— Lauren Ridloff

Deaf culture, with a capital D, is just a whole world unto itself. When I was growing up, it was the Deaf world and…

— Paul Raci

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

— Lou Ann Walker

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

— Rose Ayling-Ellis