A deaf education degree designed for teaching deaf and hard-of ... which was not an opportunity that I had often when I was growing up. I was able to explore my Deaf identity and learn American Sign ...

"I'd meet people who didn't have access to a proper education or language ... DiMarco is also sharing his life story in Deaf Utopia. "Growing up, I rarely saw anyone like me on TV," he says.

The growing interest in SIUE’s American Sign Language classes has led to the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature exploring paths for growth with hopes of creating an ASL minor.