Rachel Shenton Quotes

Sign language was a great experience. I have a deaf aunt that I am able to communicate with because of that class.

I trained to become a sign-language interpreter because it helps you read physical expression and the emotions of body language.

The deaf community relies so much on eye contact, expression and body language. It's such a huge part of who we are.

Before working with Deaf West, I had never met a deaf person, and now I can't imagine life without ASL.

I just have a connection with sign language. I always thought the deaf community was a different community to be a part of. In high school, me and my friend took sign language.

I was a sign language interpreter from when I was 17, but I don't do that anymore. Both of my parents were deaf. I grew up in a deaf household. I don't do any jokes about it really, but yeah that was my day job.

I was born deaf. I was raised in a hearing world and in a deaf world at the same time. I can't say that I like one better than I like the other. I like them both. I speak pretty well; I gesture. If I don't understand something, you know, pen and paper, texting. I use it all.

Most profoundly deaf people have speech that is very difficult to understand.

I took some classes in sign language when I was in my early teens because I was told that I would be completely deaf very early. But I never really wanted to learn.

I learned American Sign Language in college and seemed to pick it up rather quickly. I really love to sign and wish that I had more friends to sign with.

Although I'm not fluent in sign language by a long way, I could have a fairly decent conversation.

In the deaf community, in order to play a role of someone with a hearing loss... you have to have hearing loss.

Most of the time, I get auditions for deaf characters where the scene has them communicating in really convoluted ways, like reading lips from across the room when the other person's back is turned or having other people parrot what they say.

For people to understand me when I travel, I speak with my hands.

The whole world has gone back to something we are genetically engineered to do - communicating through symbols.

There's many ways you communicate. With colour, texture, sound... Even words can communicate.

Everybody should learn sign language or, at least, 'Hello, do you need help? How are you?'

American Sign Language is a language. It's fun to learn, and it's different from other languages because you use your hands, you use your face, your facial expressions, and there is also an incredible culture that comes with it and an amazing community too, and through that, we can support each other.

Once you start to become OK at something, you learn to enjoy it more.

Texting has definitely improved the communication between the deaf and hearing communities, but it shouldn't be... a substitute for learning the language to really connect with someone, especially someone you want to date or have a relationship with.

American Sign Language requires a lot of facial and body expression.

I have my own foundation, Nyle DiMarco Foundation, and it focuses on bettering deaf youths' lives.

I have no problem with how people communicate. But I think it's important... for everyone to be open to learn sign language.

Technology is helping more and more deaf people hear, but here at Gallaudet, we focus on learning and achieving-not on listening. So I would still say deaf people can do anything, except hear.

[On being deaf:] How much less pain there is in calmly estimating the enjoyments from which we must separate ourselves, of bravely saying, for once and for ever, 'Let them go,' than in feeling them waste and dwindle, till their very shadows escape from our grasp!