(Laughter) And as I plunged deeper and deeper into the Deaf world, I became convinced that Deafness was a culture and that the people in the Deaf world who said, "We don't lack hearing; we have membership in a culture," were saying something that was viable.
(Risos) Quanto mais fundo mergulhava no mundo dos surdos, mais me convencia de que a surdez era uma cultura e que, quando as pessoas do mundo surdo diziam: "Não temos falta de audição, somos membros de uma cultura", estavam a dizer algo que era viável.