The Only Thing I Can't Do Is

I've Always Wanted To Write A Book Relating My Experiences Growing Up As A Deaf Child In Chicago. Contrary To What People Might Think, It Wasn't All About Hearing Aids And Speech Classes Or Frustrations.

I Can Hear You And I Can Watch Your Mouth Move, And Then I Put Together The Sounds And The Visual Image And I Can Understand The Words As I Integrate The Two Signals.

It Was Ability That Mattered, Not Disability, Which Is A Word I'm Not Crazy About Using.

Watch Me When People Say Deaf And Dumb, Or Deaf Mute, And I Give Them A Look Like You Might Get If You Called Denzel Washington The Wrong Name.

It Was My Father Who Instilled The “never Say No” Attitude I Carry Around With Me Today, And Who Instilled In Me A Sense Of Wonder, Always Taking Us On Adventures In The Car, Never Telling Us The Destination.