Deaf Young Man in the News

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I hope you can carry this news article on. William Chapman is an inspiring Deaf young man who has successfully made a mark in a mainstreamed high school setting.

Susan

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It's a good story. He will join the ranks of all the other Deaf peole in history who have been successful and made a mark on the world. There are many of them.
 
Ummmm good for him but....while I was reading this, I kept thinking to myself, "what's the big fuss?"

The reason I think that way was cuz I grew up playing fast pitch softball and played on my mainstreamed high school varsity team and got softball scholarships to two college in which I accepted 1 and turned down 1.

Nobody made a big fuss about my ability to play softball especially being a pitcher despite my deafness.

About the fly balls, it was not a big issue cuz I learned how to read my teammates' body languages on determining if they will catch the ball or I will catch the bal.

Playing softball was the only time I felt a full connection with my peers. All the coaches I had really were wonderful to me as well as my teammates from different teams.

I played for the city of Phx which was a huge deal cuz not many girls get chosen to play for the city. We traveled to different states or cities to compete in tourneys.

Don't get me wrong, I am happy for him and everything but I am surprised that to this day people are still amazed that deaf people can play sports with hearing people.

I knew a deaf girl who had a basketball scholarship at the college I went to. Nobody thought any differently of her either.

maybe I am jealous that he got attention and I didn't..lol!
 
Shel.. to the hearing world.. Having deaf people do normal things that they take for granted is a HUGE deal to them...

Personally, I think it's good that there are deaf people proving the naysayers (aka people who don't beleve in deaf people) wrong.

Heck.. I knew a deaf guy who played football in high school and was captain of the wrestling team.. I have no idea how he managed but Our teams never lost while he played :)
 
BearBeauty said:
Shel.. to the hearing world.. Having deaf people do normal things that they take for granted is a HUGE deal to them...

Personally, I think it's good that there are deaf people proving the naysayers (aka people who don't beleve in deaf people) wrong.

Heck.. I knew a deaf guy who played football in high school and was captain of the wrestling team.. I have no idea how he managed but Our teams never lost while he played :)
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U are right, Bearbeauty...it took me a few hours after I posted in this thread to FINALLY grasp the concept that millions of hearing people have never met deaf people, let alone thought too much about us. I guess it is a big WOW in this community and yea, I agree with u, it is great that the deaf dude is proving those naysayers wrong.

I talked with my husband about this. He said before meeting my deaf roommates in 2002, he has never met a deaf person in his life and when he met my lesbain roommates at a strip club, he was shocked that deaf people can be lesbains. I was like "u gotta be joking me???" he explained from his hearing point of view and maybe from the reporter's point of view so I finally put myself in their shoes. Makes me wonder if I would react the same?

Yea, deaf people r capable of playing any kinds of sports which was why while I was reading this article, I was thinking..."how does his deafness have anything to do with his ability to play sports?" like...if he had no arms and played baseball, I would be amazed and wowed so that's where my thoughts were coming from. I was just more puzzled about why there was an article about a deaf guy doing well in baseball.

My best friend who is deaf was on the JV and Varsity cheerleading squad at our high school. My high school had around 2,000 students from freshman to senior year and she beat out at least 300 girls for one of the 12 spots on the cheerleading squad in 3 consecutive years. I think that is impressive and I was so proud of her making it and proving to all the snobby girls in our class wrong. LOL!

Now that I have had time to think about this, I am truly happy for the guy to be successful and I wish him best of luck in his future. :)
 
BearBeauty said:
Shel.. to the hearing world.. Having deaf people do normal things that they take for granted is a HUGE deal to them...

Personally, I think it's good that there are deaf people proving the naysayers (aka people who don't beleve in deaf people) wrong.

Heck.. I knew a deaf guy who played football in high school and was captain of the wrestling team.. I have no idea how he managed but Our teams never lost while he played :)
Click to expand...

U are right, Bearbeauty...it took me a few hours after I posted in this thread to FINALLY grasp the concept that millions of hearing people have never met deaf people, let alone thought too much about us. I guess it is a big WOW in this community and yea, I agree with u, it is great that the deaf dude is proving those naysayers wrong.

I talked with my husband about this. He said before meeting my deaf roommates in 2002, he has never met a deaf person in his life and when he met my lesbain roommates at a strip club, he was shocked that deaf people can be lesbains. I was like "u gotta be joking me???" he explained from his hearing point of view and maybe from the reporter's point of view so I finally put myself in their shoes. Makes me wonder if I would react the same?

Yea, deaf people r capable of playing any kinds of sports which was why while I was reading this article, I was thinking..."how does his deafness have anything to do with his ability to play sports?" like...if he had no arms and played baseball, I would be amazed and wowed so that's where my thoughts were coming from. I was just more puzzled about why there was an article about a deaf guy doing well in baseball.

My best friend who is deaf was on the JV and Varsity cheerleading squad at our high school. My high school had around 2,000 students from freshman to senior year and she beat out at least 300 girls for one of the 12 spots on the cheerleading squad in 3 consecutive years. I think that is impressive and I was so proud of her making it and proving to all the snobby girls in our class wrong. LOL!

Now that I have had time to think about this, I am truly happy for the guy to be successful and I wish him best of luck in his future. :)
 
Good for him. Hope he will made it to MLB.

I gotta to do something for me to join the military.
 
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