Fan Casting 3 Out Of 1000 Children

In the US, 3 out of 1,000 children are born with some form of hearing problem. Rodney Williams is one of them. Born completely deaf in one ear and partially deaf in another, Williams could not speak until he was four years old. Moreover, as in the case with people born with some disability, he experienced his fair share of getting picked on and being bullied by the other kids. However, as he pointed out in his interview with Chris Denson (beginning at 31:57), he could choose to either grow up with a chip on his shoulder or work with it. He chose the latter, and it was “a good recipe” that prepared him for success.