Career Success Stories

CAREER SUCCESS STORIES 

This is a compilation of a list of people with Usher Syndrome who have followed their dreams. They persevered and adapted as their hearing and vision changed. May this list give inspiration and motivation to our USH community. 

This list is still under construction. If you want to add someone to this list, please send an email to info.india@usher-syndrome.org

This list is sorted in alphabetical order by first names.

Jasmine Simmons

USH1D. American. PhD in Audiology. Author. Advocate.  Click here for Jasmine's keynote speech at the USH2024 Connections Conference.

Katie Kelly 

USH2. Australian. Gold Medalist in Paratriathlon at the 2016 Rio Paralympics. Founder of Sports Access Foundation which was created to help young people with disability access and thrive in sport. Worked in consumer sports marketing for over 15 years. Click here for Katie's story.

Mani G. Iyer

USH__. Indian. Programmer. Poet.  One of his collections, I Am the Dancing, was published by Yavanika Press, India in October 2019. Click here to download "I am The Dancing".

Rebecca Alexander

USH3A. American. Psychotherapist, author, advocate, mental health educator, extreme athelete, fitness coach. Click here for Rebecca's story.

Timothy Chambers 

USH2a. American. Professional artist and writer.   Click here for Tim's story and paintings.