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.
The handicap of deafness is not in the ear; it is in the mind. - Marlee Matlin
The handicap of deafness is not in the ear; it is in the mind.
- Marlee Matlin
I'm a proud person who happens to be deaf. I don't want to change it. I don't want to wake up and suddenly say, 'Oh my God, I can hear.' That's not m… - Marlee Matlin
I'm a proud person who happens to be deaf. I don't want to change it. I don't want to wake up and suddenly say, 'Oh my God, I can hear.' That's not m…
Silence is the last thing the world will ever hear from me. - Marlee Matlin
Silence is the last thing the world will ever hear from me.
Maybe my way of communicating through sign made me more in tune with my body and how it moved. Who knows? I just know when I saw a stage for the firs… - Marlee Matlin
Maybe my way of communicating through sign made me more in tune with my body and how it moved. Who knows? I just know when I saw a stage for the firs…
Every one of us is different in some way, but for those of us who are more different, we have to put more effort into convincing the less different t… - Marlee Matlin
Every one of us is different in some way, but for those of us who are more different, we have to put more effort into convincing the less different t…
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… - Marlee Matlin
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…
I live my life like everyone else; everyone has their own obstacles. Mine is deafness. - Marlee Matlin
I live my life like everyone else; everyone has their own obstacles. Mine is deafness.
Deaf people can do anything, except hear. - Marlee Matlin
Deaf people can do anything, except hear.
It was ability that mattered, not disability, which is a word I'm not crazy about using. - Marlee Matlin
It was ability that mattered, not disability, which is a word I'm not crazy about using.
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