[Speedster]

Originally Posted by the truth

you enter live tv 24 hours a day for 3 months with 80% deafness
in fact try it in everyday life for just 24 hours
it takes enormous heart to overcome that

As someone who is classed as being 80% disabled (in a wheelchair because of a broken spine) I can honestly say no, it doesn't take heart, it takes just dealing with it and learning, over time to find ways of getting on with your life despite the disability.

Sam's a big boy, he's learned to cope with the disability. By the way, did you know that Anastacia is almost blind? and yet she's a a multi-award winning singer songwriter.

The point is, he doesn't need sympathy, he needs treating the way everyone else gets treated-that'll do him much more good than all the sympathy in the world.