I'm not ashamed to be deaf- why should I be? My disability isn't my fault. Nor does it make me feel abnormal....It's the way others treat us that is abnormal. The fact that she is totally deaf does not make 24-year-old
Jessica Rees any different from the rest of us - as far as she's concerned. What does make her stand out from the crowd is not her disability but her achievements and her strong views about the way deaf people live in a hearing world. Producer CAROUNE SARLL BBC Wales