I know a little bit about deaf culture because a friend of mine has been in the deaf culture for awhile. Over the course of 25 years, she and I have talked about many of the issues and concerns for deaf people and deaf culture.
I placed over a thousand deaf people in jobs throughout my career working for the deaf.
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.
The deaf laugh twice.
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.
If the pocket is empty, the judge is deaf.
I'm not a deaf musician. I'm a musician who happens to be deaf.
It is folly to sing twice to a deaf man.
It is useless to knock at the door of a deaf man.
No one is as deaf as the man who will not listen.
Never whisper to the deaf or wink at the blind.
The rich become deaf and the mighty blind.
My father spoke with his hands. He was deaf. His voice was in his hands. And his hands contained his memories.
Love makes a man both blind and deaf.
Mothers-in-law are fine so long as they are deaf and blind.
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 would love to do a talk show. Naturally, I would love to do more films. I'd love to be able to see casting directors more willing to put in a character who happens to be deaf. I'm not talking about doing deaf storylines, but putting in deaf charact...
Never tell your story to a deaf man.
To live in peace one must be blind, deaf, and mute.
Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf.
In a good family the husband is deaf and the wife blind.
