Woody Livingston earned a college degree, had a short but successful stint as a prizefighter, traveled to Russia three times during the height of the Cold War, played hockey for charity with the Washington Capitals, and flew a small airplane.
all while being completely deaf and going blind.
Before turning thirty, Woody-struggling to live in the hearing and sighted world because of discrimination he encountered by potential employers-is homeless, jobless, and at the en.