There are so many deaf kids out there being deprived of their own language.
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We have our own culture, our own community. A lot of people don't realize that. They just assume that deaf people are very unfortunate, very disabled, but no.
Most profoundly deaf people have speech that is very difficult to understand.
I think we really do need deaf people out there writing their own shows.
When I learned to sign and speak at the same time, the whole world opened up to me. That's the beauty of encouraging kids who are deaf to use whatever it takes to communicate.
I'm really excited to educate the world about what deaf people can do.
We have over 25 deaf individuals in my family.
One of the reasons I wanted to teach deaf children was because it made me very sad that they spoke so clumsily and that they moved with less grace that I knew was possible of deaf people.
I started to realize that there are a lot of people who are unaware of deaf culture, and I've been given a great platform to reframe the deaf community.
The deaf community and the hearing community, there's not always a ton of interaction.
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 and communication, which was wonderful and something so many deaf people don't have.