Personal identity

Since we are looking into different people's identity, I decided to look into a part of my own personal identity.  I have been hearing impaired all my life so it it a very important to the person I have been and the person I am today and will be in the future.  I plan to become an Art Therapist for all people, including the deaf and hard of hearing  I was looking into the different hearing impaired inspired art work there is and to my surprise there was very little.  It surprised me because I know there are hearing impaired and deaf artists out there but a lot of their art does not reflect it.  Then on the other hand, it confuses me how there is the "debate" of disable and handicap individuals being lesser the the norm, when a lot of time these are the people that are rising up against all the odds. Just because you have a disability does not mean you can not be exceptional. Even Beethoven was deaf.