Fifty-six Deaf Students—and Me
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About the article
A hearing person at the BYU Workshop for Deaf Youth describes how her feelings of fear turn into love and acceptance and she gets to know the youth and the workshop.
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Because some of the students are overly protected by family and friends at home, at least one service project is planned during the conference to teach that service is for all.
“We are separated from people,” Patty explained. “People are afraid of us. They are afraid to ask questions.”
Sure, they couldn’t hear, but I felt no pity. They had taken their stumbling block and shaped it into a stepping stone.