Kevin's View video courtesy Reel Impact Communications Inc.

Deaf-Blind Ambition

Canadian speed skater Kevin Frost has Olympic ambitions and there are only two things in his way -- Usher Syndrome and the International Paralympic Committee's failure to recognize deaf-blind speed skating as a sport. 

Usher Syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that causes progressive hearing and vision loss (there is more than one type of Usher Syndrome; for more information, please visit the links page).  In Kevin's case, he has tunnel vision (only 8% of normal visual range) and a sound has to register about 90 decibels for him to hear it.  But being deaf-blind is not stopping him. 

 

Kevin's passion for the speed skating and his drive to succeed have rallied his community around him in support of his bid to get deaf-blind speed skating recognized as a Paralympic sport and to be one of the first to compete.

If you'd like to help Kevin make his dream a reality, please contact him at

More news and information to follow in the coming weeks.

 

Kevin shows off his form in the
Lacroix Source for Sports
Charity Golf Tournament,
June 2005