Marlee Matlin Informative Speech

Marlee Matlin is a famous actress, dancer and motivational speaker. Marlee Matlin cast in Children of a Lesser God due to her success in the role portrayed she was awarded her first academy award at the age of twenty-one. Furthering her success, Marlee also potrayed roles in Dancing with the Stars, additionally participating in a show called Switch at birth, also making an appearance in the series of Desperate Housewives. Marlee Matlin has performed many movies as well as shows, furthermore being able to accomplish all this and aspire for more. Marlee Matlin is not a regular famous person she is a extremely special woman. Achieved all her goals despite the fact of being Deaf. Overcame all the challenges of being deaf and pursued all her dreams. Marlee is a person that has had the opportunity of representing the deaf society proving that they can do anything. as she proudly says, “It must have been fascinating for America to watch a deaf woman dancing, thinking ‘How does she do this without hearing the music?’” (Hoffman B). Her biography is truly inspirational to the young and to the Deaf culture this comes to prove once again that being deaf is not something that holds you from accomplishing your deepest …show more content…
They are living a normal life just like any other. Being Deaf is not a disability to them they are happy Deaf people. I believe that the reason people take this outlook on Deaf people is because it is something that is not showed positively in media. Being Deaf is something that people look down on because they are not educated on it if media released more information on the Deaf and people were familiar with it people would have a different outlook on it. If being Deaf was showed on screen like something normal that people are happy with the rest of the society would be more