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Tom Kane's avatar

My daughter-in-law was born profoundly deaf, but does not identify with the Deaf Community, mainly because she attended normal school and university, despite being unable to speak. My wife and I learned to communicate with her through signing, and Frances has two beautiful children, both hearing. She is a wonderful mother, wife and generally a great person.

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Joellyn Rose Keener's avatar

That is such heartwarming news to hear! I’m happy to hear she’s doing so well for not everyone does that well in the mainstream. Thank you for sharing.

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Rea de Miranda's avatar

I am happy I found your substack. Matthew directed me here. Your post explores deafness from personal experience and it humbles me. My brother is 89% deaf, and I attempted to write about it from my point of view. Thank you for this beautiful post!

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