I can really relate to this photo I took. Growing
up as a child, I felt very isolated and lonely.
Deafness made me very unaware of my environment
in terms of sound and voices. This is how I felt
in my heart most of the time, just somewhere alone
holed up in a corner.

It is a lifelong passion of mine to teach parents
to always involve deaf children in family activities
and make sure that siblings and parents learn how to
use Cued Speech or Sign Language so the child doesn't
feel left out at the dinner table or during family
time together. It is so easy for a deaf child to be
out of the loop.


Tech notes: Used Photoshop, made rectangular slection,
copied and pasted multiple images in diff. layers,
used opacity slider, and fill bucket. Desaturated to
black and white. Used high ISO for a grainy film feel.