About me
My age is 31 years. At the age of 5, I got ill because of which I became deaf.
In my family, I have my parents and two brothers and don’t have any sisters. I,
myself am married and have one kid. My wife is also deaf from childhood I live
in DehraDun city and I am the Secretary of Uttranchal Deaf Welfare Association.
My Story
When I was at the age of 5, then I became deaf, because of which I face many
problems. My parents face it too. Special school is one of the problem among
them. Before that I was studying in a normal school, but because of sudden
deafness, Principal told me that “You cannot hear so we are facing problems,
while teaching you. So you please leave the school and join any deaf school.”
Somehow my parents sent me to a deaf school for my further studies. That school
was not good at that time all students are illiterate and all teachers were not
well versed with sign language. I tried very hard to pass High school.
My family faces many problems because they did not known sign language so they
talk with me for communication, and for me it is very difficult. At the age of
20, I became well conversant with sign language and I used to meet deaf person
of different states. I felt that deaf people were very less educated and society
sees them with inferior point of view. Normal people’s life style and society is
very high as compared to our deaf society. Normal people get success very fast,
but nobody helps us to get success, as a result I feel very bad that deaf people
and their family members do not get the proper co-operation from society which
they deserve.
That’s why I started my own deaf club so that the deaf society can benefit. I
started my club in 1990. In starting we had only 4-5 members, but today we are
100. With the help of this club, we help all others deaf people who reside in
different city or states. Through this club we promote sign language, to
society, help deaf people in their weddings, help in various deaf schools,
provide interpreter for sign language, co-operate with deaf people for getting
help from government.
From 1990 till now, our efforts are still going on to make our deaf people
society to compete with normal people society. I believe that God will help us.