SPOTLIGHT

Like fans all over soccer-mad Brazil, Carlos Junior followed every move the national team made on the field Monday in its 2-0 victory over Mexico.

But Junior did not watch or listen to the game the way most Brazilians did. Instead, the 31-year-old massage therapist who is deaf and blind experienced the match with the help of interpreters using touch communication and a model soccer field to recount the passes, goals and fouls of the national team.

“The moment you do this, you show that a deaf and blind person is the same as any other person,” said Junior, who communicates with tactile sign language. On Monday, Junior and a handful of other people with sight and hearing impairment gathered at a cultural center in Sao Paulo to follow the game with the help of interpreters. 
Source: https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-in-school/brazil-fan-who-is-deaf-blind-follows-world-cup-with-help/article24325368.ece