Deaf Seahawks Player Inspires Young Hearing Impaired Fans

VIDEO [CC] - Deaf Seahawks player inspires young hearing-impaired fans.



FLANDERS, N.J. - Nine-year-old twins Riley and Erin Kovalcik were born with a genetic condition that left them partially Deaf. Last week, they saw a TV commercial featuring the Seattle Seahawks’ Derrick Coleman.



"I thought it was very touching because I didn’t think there was any athlete that actually could play that could be exactly hearing impaired like me and Erin," Riley says. "Like, I mean, seriously!"



"I saw the Duracell battery commercial. I remembered him saying he was bullied, and I was like, 'What? How is he a football player? I mean, he's really strong, but how does he let them bully him?'" Erin says.



Riley herself was picked on in school and was told not to play sports - a warning she ignored. After the Seahawks won last weekend, Riley picked up a pencil.

"Dear my inspiration Derrick Coleman," she says, reading her letter. "I know how you feel. I also have hearing aids. Just try your best. I have faith in you."



Their father Jake tweeted a picture of the letter, hoping Coleman would see it.



"I just wanted him to know how much he's doing for Deaf kids and little kids and all kids with disabilities," Jake says. "It doesn’t matter that you're deaf. It doesn't matter that you may have some other disability. You can be exceptional too."



That night, the Seahawks re-tweeted the letter. It's been shared and re-tweeted 2,700 times. ... Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/deaf-seahawks-player-derrick-coleman-inspires-young-hearing-impaired-fans/



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(ABC News) The fullback says he used other people's doubts to motivate himself to succeed.



The most compelling stories today really has to be star player for the Seahawks this gentleman his name is Derrick Coleman he's made it to the pinnacle of his sport. Despite being legally Deaf.



Here's ABC's Neal Karlinsky of the leader today news. Loaded in the NFL's Seattle Seahawks number forty will be the only player who sees the fans.



Fullback Derrick Coleman is the first legally Deaf offensive player in the NFL. And he wouldn't change a thing. Just who I am I'm not gonna let Dan Marino come here and tell me made me who I am today Coleman. Life story making in the unlikely star of this Duracell battery commercial that's gone by.



It couldn't be done. That I was a lost cause. The chilling and inspirational is no story it's Coleman's life.

He gave up until early on his hearing aids were a problem they just didn't fit or work right inside his helmet until his mother had an idea.



So a pair of pantyhose position and I kept them respect the hearing aid. I needed to help him.



Achieve his dream - He taught himself to lip-reading to get something he relies on during games if you weren't wearing your hearing aids and what what I sound like right now. I know you've talked it. But who basically all mobile from me he spends his free time visiting schools spreading the message that no one is perfect and no matter what the challenge.



Source: http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/super-bowl-2014-seahawks-derrick-coleman-legally-deaf-21588954



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No Ordinary Hero: The SuperDeafy Movie Trailer

TRAILER: (English Subtitles) - No Ordinary Hero: The SuperDeafy Movie Trailer (2013)



Base in the internationally known Superdeafy character, no ordinary hero, featuring Marlee Matlin, stars John Maucere as Tony Kane who plays a superhero on tv, but in real life he's just another guy who happens to be Deaf. 8-years-old Jacob Lang, also Deaf, is having a hard time. When Tony and Jacob's paths cross, they inspire belief in each other and in themselves.

No Ordinary Hero: The SuperDeafy Movie Trailer (2013)

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 Storyline: Tony Kane plays a superhero on TV, but in real life he's just another guy who happens to be deaf, with hopes and dreams that always seem to elude him. Eight-year-old Jacob Lang, also deaf, is having a hard time in school, where he is torn between what his father thinks is "normal" and an education using sign language promoted by his mother.



When Tony and Jacob's paths cross, they inspire belief in each other and in themselves. And when Tony meets Jacob's teacher, Jenny, a romance blossoms that suddenly makes Tony feel like he can do anything... even things he never dreamed was possible. In this first installment of SuperDeafy the Movie, we meet the man behind the superhero the man for whom everything has always felt just a little bit out of reach. But that's all about to change. Written by Taly Ravid.



Follow No Ordinary Hero: The SuperDeafy.

Official website: http://www.noordinaryheromovie.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nohthesuperdeafymovie

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SuperDeafy

Source: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2907898/



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