Deaf Culture Autobiographies: Reverend Thomas Coughlin

The deaf reverent on the video was very enthusiastic about life. Reverend Thomas Coughlin talked about all of his experiences and hardships he had overcome. In the video he explained to me how hard it was for him to become a priest. None of the schools that he wrote to would except him. All the schools wrote back in reply that they could not teach a deaf person it would be too hard and most likely impossible. Which is messed up and very close minded. So Thomas decided to apply to a school without mentioning that he was deaf. …