Madhusudhan Kandadai: Act with a Purpose
I was born with a profound hearing loss in India. My parents were not able to diagnose my hearing disability […]
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Hands & Voices
Category: Deaf & HH Adults
JulieAnn Chavez: Deaf Quilter and Longarmer
Hello, my name is JulieAnn Chavez and I am the owner of The Quilting Nerd. Wait… what? Why the Quilting […]
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Joseph “LJ” Williams: Deaf And
I was born deaf, blind with Cerebral Palsy (CP). Notice I did not capitalize the d in “deaf” or the […]
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Skip Flanagan: Be an Outlier
Be an outlier. Every August, since 2011, has been my favorite month of the year. It’s when college starts back […]
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Grace Yukawa: Dancing Through Barriers
I come from an unconventional Japanese-American family. My brother and I were born profoundly deaf in a hearing family. The […]
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Austin Hoelscher: A New Definition of Success
I grew up in a mainstream environment until I transferred to the Illinois School for the Deaf in high school. […]
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Alex Thompson: What Weightlifting Has Taught Me
I was born just 45 minutes outside of Chicago and I was born hearing, but due to an ear infection […]
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Carrie Spangler: Are My Eyes Smiling?
The pandemic has changed the way we leave our living spaces. Wearing masks and physical distancing are common practices as […]
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Tony Decha-Umphai: My Mom Taught Me to be Likeable
I was born and raised in Nashville, TN. I was born hearing, so I acquired speech at an earlier age. […]
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You Were Born to Stand Out
For way too many years, I tried like heck to blend in with everyone else. I had one hearing aid […]
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