The ABC Family series Switched At Birth debuts tonight (9 pm et/pt), and the show centers on two teenagers, Daphne (Katie Leclerc) and Bay (Vanessa Marano) who discover that they were, as the title suggests, sent home with the wrong parents. Daphne, who is hearing impaired, is raised by a single mother (Constance Marie), and she is shocked to discover her biological family essentially live on the sunny side of the street (they’re rich).
Leclerc believes Switched at Birth is more than just a television show. “The deaf community and the hearing community are very much separated right now,” she adds. “But I think the show will build bridges and help connect the two worlds.”
Click on the media bar and listen to Leclerc, who is hard of hearing, talk about the specifics of Meniere’s Disease.
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“The best part of the show is that it raises questions,” says Marie. “Is it nature versus nurture? Is Daphne any less my child because I didn’t birth her? I raised her. I championed her. I potty trained her. That is a huge bonding experience. It’s like adoption versus having your own biological child..(the show deals) with racial issues, it deals with social issues, economic issues. This show has a lot packed into 42 minutes. “
Click on the media bar to hear Constance Marie talk about learning sign language for the series:
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Switched at Birth also stars Lea Thompson (Back to the Future), who plays Bay’s mother (and Daphne’s biological mom).
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