Second-Grader At Apex Academy Embraces Hearing Aids, Publishes Children’s Book Sharing Her Experiences

Jade Owens, a second-grader at Apex Academy, published her first children’s book, celebrating the hearing impaired and spreading the message of how it’s okay to be different. Her experience with Bilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss has led her to see life quite differently than most girls her age.

At just eight years old, this young lady proves to be wise beyond her years. Sharing her own experiences, Jade is sending a positive message across the world and rocking a pair of hot pink hearing aids, while she does it!

“Friends can look different, like different things, and also have different needs,” she says, embracing her own differences in a world, where other children don’t always understand the significance or purpose of wearing hearing aids. “Everyone has obstacles, but mine is hearing loss,” she continues.

Through her work, she’s taking a strong stance against bullying, choosing to make a difference in this world instead of accepting the role of a victim.