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Instant messaging and chat rooms have basically created a level playing field for deaf people.
Vint Cerf
People
Field
Chat
Instant
Messaging
Deaf
Deaf People
Rooms
Created
Level
Level Playing Field
Playing
Basically
Playing Field
I think the biggest misconception is that people think deaf people are not able to do things.
Nyle DiMarco
People
Think
Able
Misconception
Deaf
Deaf People
Biggest
Things
Differences among deaf people are okay, but we need to recognize those differences and work together.
I. King Jordan
Work
Together
People
Differences
Those
Okay
Recognize
Deaf
Deaf People
Work Together
Among
Need
There is research proving that deaf people have increased visual abilities.
Nyle DiMarco
People
Research
Increased
Visual
Ability
Deaf
Deaf People
Proving
I am truly humbled. Not only that I am going to be known as the final Top Model but as a final Top Model who is deaf! And that is an amazing tagline. This proves that deaf people can do anything and everything.
Nyle DiMarco
People
Amazing
Final
Everything
Top
Only
Known
Deaf
Deaf People
Am
Proves
Truly
Model
Going
Anything
Anything And Everything
Who
Humbled
I'm ready to take the world by storm and have them look at me and say, 'Deaf people can dance.'
Nyle DiMarco
Me
People
World
Dance
Say
Take
Look
Deaf
Deaf People
Ready
Storm
Them
Most profoundly deaf people have speech that is very difficult to understand.
Richard Masur
People
Difficult
Most
Deaf
Deaf People
Understand
Very
Profoundly
Speech
I placed over a thousand deaf people in jobs throughout my career working for the deaf.
Camryn Manheim
People
Jobs
Thousand
Throughout
Over
Deaf
Deaf People
Placed
Working
Career
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.
John Scalzi
Culture
People
Mine
Bit
Has-Been
About
Over
Know
She
Talked
Concerns
Course
Deaf
Because
Deaf People
Issues
Been
Years
Friend
Little
Little Bit
Many
Awhile
How many deaf people do you know in real life? Unless they live in a cave, or are 14, which seems to be true for most people in this business, what could I possibly tell them that they don't already know?
Marlee Matlin
Life
You
Business
People
Be True
Real Life
Live
Unless
Tell
Possibly
Seems
Could
True
Do You Know
Know
Most
Deaf
Deaf People
How
Real
Cave
Which
Them
Many
Growing up, I never thought about becoming an actress because I never saw deaf people in TV or movies. I didn't think it was possible.
Millicent Simmonds
People
Thought
Think
Saw
Possible
TV
About
Never
Deaf
Because
Deaf People
Becoming
Up
Movies
Growing
Growing Up
Actress
We do need more deaf people in Hollywood. But I don't think that deaf people always have to play a deaf role. I think we can play different roles. We need to see more diversity period. More people of color. More disabled people. More gender diversity. All kinds of diversity.
Millicent Simmonds
People
Gender
Diversity
Think
Kinds
See
More
More People
Color
Disabled
Period
Deaf
Deaf People
Always
Role
Roles
Different
Hollywood
Different Roles
Play
Need
When I signed up for 'Dancing with the Stars,' I was nervous. If I threw everything off, there are 10-15 million people watching, and that would be a negative viewpoint of deaf people, and I didn't want that.
Nyle DiMarco
People
Negative
Nervous
Stars
Everything
Dancing
Dancing With The Stars
Signed
Would
Would-Be
Threw
Deaf
Deaf People
Off
Up
Want
Viewpoint
Million
Million People
Watching
I think we really do need deaf people out there writing their own shows.
Nyle DiMarco
People
Writing
Own
Think
Out
Deaf
Deaf People
Really
Shows
Need
There is no relation to sound for deaf people. It is a totally different mental process.
Richard Masur
People
Relation
Totally
Mental
Deaf
Deaf People
Sound
Different
Process
I know deaf people. I have discussed the issues with them I've also thought about them a lot so I have some insights that go a little further than people who haven't had contact with the deaf community.
Richard Masur
People
Thought
Community
Further
Some
Insights
About
Had
Contact
Know
Also
Deaf
Deaf People
Go
Issues
Lot
Than
Discussed
Little
Them
Who
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.
Stephanie Beacham
Sad
Me
People
Grace
Made
Possible
Knew
Spoke
Deaf
Because
Deaf People
Very
Moved
Children
Wanted
Teach
Less
Reasons
This meeting was like many of the meetings that I would go to over the course of two years. The only way I can describe it is that, well, the president is like a blind man in a roomful of deaf people. There is no discernible connection.
Paul O'Neill
Man
People
President
Meeting
Meetings
Way
I Can
Would
Only
Over
Like
Blind
Well
Blind Man
Course
Deaf
Deaf People
Go
Years
Roomful
Many
Connection
Describe
Two