Remco



Remco is spelling the ABC

Remco is the nephew of Sonny.
He is 15 years old.
Remco is deaf, but he wasn’t always.
When he was 3 months old he got meningitis.

During weekdays he lives in Groningen, which is in the north of the Netherlands.
It is about 200 km away of his hometown Purmerend, where he stays with one of his parents during weekends and school holidays.

Sonny interviewed him.
André, the father of Remco helped to translate.

Click here to watch a movie about Remco
Click here to watch a movie with André he is the father of Remco en he tells about how other people reacts on Remco.
"I have always thought it would be a blessing if each person could be blind and deaf for a few days during his early adult life.
Darkness would make him appreciate sight; silence would teach him the joys of sound"

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