Deaf Culture Quotes

I am just as deaf as I am blind. The problems of deafness are deeper and more complex, if not more important than those of blindness. Deafness is a much worse misfortune. For it means the loss of the most vital stimulus- the sound of the voice that brings language, sets thoughts astir, and keeps us in the intellectual company of man.

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, it wasn't all about hearing aids and speech classes or frustrations.

I think being deaf gave me an increased sense of sight.

You can knock on a deaf man's door forever.

I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, and in spite of what most people might have expected from a young girl growing up deaf, life for me was like one long episode of 'The Brady Bunch.' Despite whatever barriers were in my way, I imagined myself as Marcia Brady skating down the street saying 'hi' to everyone, whether they knew me or not.

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 before portraying it on television. They also never got to know their deaf actors.

Deaf people can do anything, except hear.

I learned to speak first, and then to sign. I have never really known what it was like to hear, so I can't compare hearing aids to normal hearing.

Inequality within the deaf and hard of hearing community is something I feel really passionate about and always will do.

You see, the deaf have an intimacy with silence. It’s there in their dreams.

Let your deafness no longer be a secret - even in art.

If the deaf are to hear the sound has to be very loud

Why had I taken all those useless classes like bio and German when I should have been taking lipreading?

There is no relation to sound for deaf people. It is a totally different mental process.

Watch me when people say deaf and dumb, or deaf mute, and I give them a look like you might get if you called Denzel Washington the wrong name.

I don't know that hearing people have ever felt that experience of truly being left out. They have easy communication, while deaf people can't join in. It takes more time to communicate with us.

Being deaf or having any disability is not tragic. But the stereotypes about it are tragic.

Deafness and sign language are extremely close to my heart.

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.

I have always aspired to be the type of role model who can bridge the deaf and hearing communities.

I live my life like everyone else; everyone has their own obstacles. Mine is deafness.

Calls her beautiful, but she cannot hear.

Music is universal too. Even deaf people like to dance, love rhythm, and can kind of pick it up.

I know what it's like to be growing up, called 'deaf and mute' and 'deaf and dumb.' They're words that are very degrading and demeaning to people who are deaf and hard of hearing. It's almost... it's almost libelous, if you want to say that.

I'm not a deaf musician. I'm a musician who happens to be deaf.