| Robert McIntosh, age 29, is profoundly deaf. He
either was born deaf or became deaf after a very severe illness
and high fever at the age of two. His parents began cueing to
him when he was three and a half. He went to the National Children’s
Research Center (NCRC) for preschool and then went to the Montessori
Children’s House for first to sixth grades. At Montessori,
his teachers learned how to cue which while with many other
responsibilities was no mean feat. Throughout Junior and Senior
High School, Anne Arundel County provided the services of a
Cued Speech Transliterator for Rob’s public education.
Rob graduated from the University of Pennsylvania - Edinboro
with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and a minor in Archeology.
He worked two full-time jobs while taking web development courses
nights and weekends at Anne Arundel Community College. Today,
Rob works for the Scientific Consulting Group as a Web Developer.
He enjoys golf, football and the outdoors.
“My dad and I were waiting in line at a bank when someone
told my father about Cued Speech. To this day I can never
thank my parents enough for seeing to it that Cued Speech
was an integral part of my education and development. Special
thanks to Dr. Cornett and all the Cued Speech parents and
educational advisors who continue to promote the benefits
of Cued Speech to families of deaf children everywhere throughout
the world.”
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