‘YOU DON’T SOUND deaf.” “How can you be deaf if you can’t even sign?” “Turn your hearing aids up! I can’t be bothered to repeat myself again.” “Never mind — it doesn’t matter.”
These are just some of the microaggressions fashion-brand founder Luke Christian had to deal with growing up, causing him to struggle with his deafness. “But as I’ve got older, I’ve realised it’s not about trying to fit in,” he reflects. “It’s about paving my own path, embracing who I am. Showing other deaf people there’s no