Listen with Your Heart
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Three sisters from Ireland who are deaf talk about their experiences in the Church.
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How do three lovely young ladies who are profoundly deaf speak fluently with confidence, joy, and Irish accents?
“I prefer to be treated just like everyone else,” Heather says. “It’s really embarrassing when I’m in a crowd and someone starts speaking to me very slowly, with wildly waving arms, acting like I’m stupid or something.”
I often feel like telling people, ‘I’m exactly the same inside as you are.’ It makes me heartbroken and depressed when they are afraid or don’t want to understand me.”