Scott is now in year four of a five-year software engineering program at Rochester Institute of Technology, which is about five hours from home. Going away to school in 2013 was rough on him because it forced him out of the protective cocoon of home, school, and friends. Most college freshmen face this, but it’s […]
Scott graduated from high school on June 7, 2013. This is a momentous milestone for any young person, but is especially meaningful to us. Four years ago, when Scott’s health began to deteriorate, we didn’t know if he would live to see this day. We are so excited and happy for him, but also sad […]
Scott plans to attend Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in Rochester, NY, in the fall. In addition to having an excellent program for software engineering (which Scott is majoring in), RIT has many support services for disabled students, including those who are deaf or hard of hearing. The National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) […]
In the summer of 2012 (when Scott was between 11th and 12th grades), he participated in Andrew’s Leap, a computer enrichment program for high school students that is run by the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, PA. Participants must take a qualifying exam to be accepted into the class. Hundreds […]