Raymond Antrobus was sacked from every job he had during his teens. But it wasn’t because he was lazy or had a bad attitude. It was because he was deaf and tried to hide it from his bosses.
“I did so many jobs it was ridiculous – everything from a receptionist to a courier to a gym instructor to removals,” says Raymond, 36, now a successful poet and author.
“I had intense shame about my deafness and I knew being deaf would not make me a desirable employee, so I didn’t put it on my CV or wear hearing aids to job interviews.
