When I was young I knew I was deaf. I couldn't accept it.

At the end of the day, it's about the best interests of the children.

There is nothing better than being a parent. It is the most challenging job one could ever ask for. I love being a mom and I love being a friend to my children as well.

It was ability that mattered, not disability, which is a word I'm not crazy about using.

The handicap of deafness is not in the ear; it is in the mind.

During a visit to California, when a friend of my grandmother's told my parents that I must be deaf because I was not responding to sounds, my father was absolutely convinced that I was simply being stubborn.

It seems we're always in transition and that it's more about trends than it is about what's meaningful.