I Have Always Resisted Putting Limitations On

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.

When I Was 13, I Told Henry Winkler I Wanted To Act. He Said, Do It And Don't Let Anyone Stand In Your Way. His Validation Just Made It All The More True. I Haven't Stopped Thanking Him Since.

Differences Are Scarier Now. The Dollar Isn't So Guaranteed If You Don't Follow What They See As The Norm. But I Don't Moan About It. I Just Keep Working.

If I Were Offered A Cochlear Implant Today, I Would Prefer Not To Have One. But That's Not A Statement About Hearing Aids Or Cochlear Implants. It's About Who You Are.

What Parent Has It Easy? I Just Never Make The Difficulty Of It An Obstacle. I Just Do It.