But as far as my work is concerned, I see no impediment, and various advantages, to being deaf.

People keep asking me if I'll marry again. It's as if after you've had one car crash you want another.

We all live in fear of cancer, but to be told you have skin cancer was terrifying.

But as far as my work is concerned, I see no impediment, and various advantages, to being deaf.

When I look in the mirror, I sometimes think I'm getting old, but then I have two generations behind me so that helps puts things into perspective. I am a grandmother now, but at least my nine-year-old grandson Jude calls me Glamma and not Granny.

I can not remember even thinking that I was deaf when I was dancing.

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.