Malaysian deaf women share their hands-on parenting experience

Goh, who is deaf, says it is important to teach her daughter Mary Anne to embrace diversity and respect people with disabilities. Photos: Adeline Goh

Hearing impaired couple Rachel Lee, 62, and Timothy Low, 65, were over the moon when they discovered they were expecting their first child 31 years ago.

“I didn’t mind if she was born deaf or with normal hearing. I left it in the hands of God. I knew I’d love my child just the same,” says Lee, using sign language during an interview in Kuala Lumpur recently.