Our Stories

Jaden
Jaden is six years old and a fun and outgoing first grade student who’s bound to always leave you with a smile. He has a sensorineural hearing loss and learned to listen and talk at Clarke Florida. He enjoys learning about the solar system and science experiments — as

Avani
Meet Avani, a Clarke Florida alum from 2008, pursuing an undergraduate degree in Information Technology. Avani has a bilateral hearing loss that was discovered when she was 10 months old, shortly after her family moved to Florida from India. She

Joe
Joe is a fifth-grader in Clarke’s K-8 Program. He has profound bilateral hearing loss and uses bilateral cochlear implants to access sound. “Joe has been working hard to improve his listening and spoken language since joining the program in the

Jad
Jad attends the University of South Florida where he studies biomedical sciences. An alum of Clarke Florida, Jad also works at Target as a cashier and donated his first paycheck to Clarke. “I donated my paycheck because I really wanted

Alex
Alex, who is profoundly deaf in both ears and wears digital hearing aids, attended Clarke’s preschool and elementary school programs in Northampton, Massachusetts, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. “Clarke has been a big influence in shaping my deaf

Elizabeth
Elizabeth attended Clarke Florida’s Birth to Three and Preschool Programs from 2002 through 2005 and has gone on to soar academically. She earned a spot on the honor roll each year throughout high school, and has remained very active in

Aydanie
Aydanie began receiving services from Clarke as an infant and now attends a mainstream high school. He left a lasting impression on many, winning the Brothership Award several years in a row and charming his teachers, Clarke staff and peers with

Stephen
Stephen attended Clarke Boston’s Preschool Program. Today, he is studying criminal justice and political science at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Stephen is a member of the RISE (Research Initiative of Scientific Enhancement) undergraduate scientists in training program that promotes

Morgan
Morgan, who was born deaf, attended Clarke’s Birth to Three Program and progressed so well that she attended a mainstream preschool right alongside her hearing peers. Today, Morgan is the founder of Morgan’s Magical Ears, her very own charity that