Commonly Requested Speaking Programs: 

Ready to be Heard
Inspiring & Motivating Audiences with Amanda's Personal Story of Success

Amanda McDonough began losing her hearing when she was 4 years old. She hid it from the world for 18 years as her hearing continued to decrease. Then, one day, during her college education she awoke to discover that she had lost it all. Overnight she went from being a person who relied on the hearing she had left for everything from communicating, her college classes, and maintaining relationships; to being both deaf and mute. She couldn't hear, couldn't talk, didn't know how to lip-read, and didn't know sign language. Yet, she managed to teach herself to talk again, teach herself to lip-read, and finish her college degrees on time! Learn how Amanda transitioned from the hearing world she was raised in to finding her identity and accepting herself as the Deaf woman she is now!

10 Ways To Overcome Obstacles in Your Life!
​How I Overcame Hearing Loss and How You Can Use What I Learned To Overcome Your Personal Challenges Too

Amanda shares her personal journey of resilience and overcoming a disability. Then she teaches your audience 10 simple steps to apply to their own challenges in life to overcome them and achieve personal growth! ​

Resilience
How To Find the Strength To Get Up When Life Knocks You Down

Amanda shares her journey: from losing her abilities to talk, hear, and communicate to becoming a sought after professional speaker. How she found the strength to push on and you can to! 

Various Disability and Diversity Related Topics
Communication, Education, Rights, Diversity, Inclusion, and Living Your Best Life with a Disability

Amanda is able to speak on multiple disability related topics that are specialized and modified for each individual audience, corporation, and industries. Here are a few examples:
- 5 Ways to Communicate with the Deaf/ Hard of Hearing
- Overcoming a Disability: How I Did It.
- Handling Hearing Loss Like A Pro
- Deaf Stereotypes and Misrepresentation in the Media.
- 5 Ways To Make Your Business More Accessible
- Workplace Inclusion
​- The Medical Field and Disability

How To Become The Hero of Your Own Story
Amanda Teaches Her Audience How To Change Their Narrative To Live Their Most Successful Lives

Amanda McDonough, author of "Ready to be Heard," teaches your audience how to change their perspective and inner narrative to create a better life and future for themselves!

Loving Our Differences
How to Accept and Love Yourself, Others, and Cherish Your Differences

We are all different. Learn how Amanda McDonough accepted her disability and uses her differences to help others. Your audience will be given easy steps for how to appreciate their own diversity and the differences of others around them.