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It is very much about role models.  A deaf child cannot imagine success for themselves if they have never seen a successful deaf person.  A Black child cannot imagine success for themselves if they have never seen a successful Black person.  A blind child cannot imagine success for themselves if they have never seen a successful blind person.  A child needs role models to imagine the possibilities for themselves as they grow up.  If all we provide are hearing role models, we show a deaf child what a hearing person can grow up to do, but we do not show them what a deaf person can grow up to do.  If you think children don't realize this as they go through their childhood years, you are sadly mistaken.