He faced challenges in his life by staying positive and setting goals. Maintains a full-time college schedule, participates in the work-study program, and has an after-school job. He is very organized with his schedule and makes time for an active social life with his friends. She said she felt very independent. The request he made to hearing people was that he wanted them to recognize him as a person who wanted to succeed in life even though he could not hear. I appreciate Detoine's testimony of his experiences because I have not personally met anyone who is