Scotland's first deaf driving instructor will use his British Sign Language skills to help other hard-of-hearing learners on the road to success. Kieran Cuthbert, who survived meningitis as a baby, has beaten the odds again after passing his approved driving instructor part three instructional ability test.
He said: “It’s been a struggle to get here at times but I’m over the moon. There’s other instructors out there who use sign language to teach learner drivers but they’re not actually deaf themselves. This is a Scottish first.”
Kieran, 26, from Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, caught meningitis at six months old and it left him profoundly deaf. He said: “Although being deaf has had its challenges with ear infections and having to have numerous operations, I’d rather have that than not be here.”
