From USA Today:
The number of college athletes with hearing impairments has risen steadily since the approval of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which mandates interpreters for students with hearing loss at universities and protects students against disability discrimination.
The number of college athletes with hearing impairments has risen steadily since the approval of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which mandates interpreters for students with hearing loss at universities and protects students against disability discrimination.
According to Deaf Digest Magazine, 76 deaf and hard-of-hearing students played NCAA and NAIA sports last year, and 39 played in Division I.
Some of those competitive players include: Towson University football player Ryan Bonheyo; Emily Cressy, a soccer player at the University of Kansas; and Purdue’s Felicia Schroeder, who helped the U.S. women’s soccer team win a gold medal in the Deaflympics in Taiwan.
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