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\"Classic<\/a>\u00a0Deaf student overcomes cultural, emotional barriers with help of family, school and sports<\/strong><\/p>\n

June 8, 2013<\/p>\n

By James Barron<\/p>\n

The New Mexican<\/p>\n

In American Sign Language, Immanuel Neubauer introduces himself as \u201cImmanuel 12.\u201d<\/p>\n

In his first year as a student at New Mexico School for the Deaf in 2006, it seemed that everywhere he went at<\/span> the school, he was asked<\/span> two questions:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s your name?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHow old are you?\u201d<\/p>\n

After a while, he just automatically added the 12 to his name. With his hand in a fist, and his palm facing outward \u2014 rather than inward, which is standard \u2014 he would flick out the index and middle finger to indicate the number 12.<\/p>\n

And, \u201cit stuck,\u201d said Amanda Lujan, a teacher at NMSD who interpreted for Neubauer in an interview.<\/p>\n

Now an 18-year-old junior, Neubauer still introduces himself as \u201cImmanuel 12.\u201d<\/p>\n

That he is able to introduce himself at all is seen by some as an incredible feat, given his history. Neubauer spent the first 10 years of his life with his family on a farm in Ethiopia. He received no education and had difficulty communicating with anybody. After running away from home, he was eventually adopted by Lori Neubauer, a 58-year-old woman with two older sons who worked for an Albuquerque program that provides services to the deaf community.<\/p>\n

Until the moment she brought him to New Mexico, Immanuel Neubauer was lost in the vast sea of the hearing world, not knowing that he could swim in it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think he realized he wasn\u2019t the only one [who was deaf],\u201d said Lori Neubauer, who adopted him from an orphanage in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, when he was 12. \u201cHe felt like in his life, he was the only one who was deaf.\u201d<\/p>\n

The faculty, staff and students at NMSD knew bits and pieces of his story \u2014 that he was from Ethiopia and he was adopted \u2014 but they didn\u2019t know the rest.<\/p>\n

Then again, Immanuel Neubauer isn\u2019t always forthcoming about his past. Even as he bridged the communication gap by learning American Sign Language and then learning to read in English, there are pieces of his life that even his mother is still learning.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m surprised with Immanuel of his stories of the past, still,\u201d Lori Neubauer said. \u201cHe doesn\u2019t dwell on it, but every once in a while, he tells me he went fishing or rode a donkey or he climbed a tree and got fruit from it.\u201d<\/p>\n

But there was more to the story than just that. All it took for him to open up to the rest of the world was an occasion to celebrate.<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u2022 \u2022<\/p>\n

Sports were a pathway for Immanuel Neubauer to immerse himself in the deaf community, and he jumped into the deep end of the pool. He was a two-year starter in football and basketball for the Roadrunners, but he excelled in track. As a sophomore in 2012, he was a part of the 400-meter relay team that finished in second place at the Class A State Championships, and he took fourth individually in the 400 meters.<\/p>\n

Coming into the state meet in May, Immanuel wanted to win a gold medal, something that hadn\u2019t been done at NMSD. He accomplished that in the 400-meter event, winning in a time of 49.81 seconds. Ronald Stern, the superintendent at NMSD, offered to take Immanuel and his family, along with fellow coaches, athletes and other faculty members who were at the meet, to a restaurant to celebrate.<\/p>\n

It turned into something much more meaningful.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were sitting at one long table, and some of us were asking him about his background and his life,\u201d Stern said through Lujan. \u201cAnd he just started giving us information we had never heard before. He just opened up.\u201d<\/p>\n

His mother, though, wasn\u2019t surprised by Immanuel\u2019s choice for his revelations.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor some reason, that is a comfortable environment and he talks about his life,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen we take him out of his day-to-day routine, he loosens up and talks about his life.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a history that, while still incomplete, already has been full of twists and turns.<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u2022 \u2022<\/p>\n

Immanuel Neubauer doesn\u2019t know where he was born in Ethiopia, only that he lived on a farm with his parents and three brothers and three sisters.<\/p>\n

His father raised corn, while his mother grew sugar cane, bananas, oranges and tomatoes. He did his part to help, but he also enjoyed playing soccer with friends. While he remembers donkey rides, climbing trees and fishing, there are other memories that aren\u2019t as serene.<\/p>\n

No one in his family had gone to school and none of them were up to the challenges of raising a deaf or hard-of-hearing child. Immanuel Neubauer doesn\u2019t even know his name or the names of his family or friends. He communicated in a most basic form: through gestures.<\/p>\n

The barrier between a deaf son and a hearing family created friction, and Immanuel Neubauer always felt communication problems were his fault. The final straw came when he was 10 and his mother blamed him when a lion killed and ate one of the family cows.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt like that was not my fault; it was not my responsibility,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

So, he hopped a train with a friend and set out on a journey that had no destination.<\/p>\n

The train was his home for the first few days, as he, his friend and other runaways banded together to see where the rails led them. At almost every stop, the group would get off and take measure of their surroundings. Immanuel Neubauer estimated that he took four or five trains.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never went to school, so I didn\u2019t know the names of the towns,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was a really long trip. Some trains were seven hours long, some were eight. And then I arrived to that big city.\u201d<\/p>\n

The city in question was Addis Ababa, Ethiopia\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember a statue,\u201d he said. \u201cI saw a lot of people who were Muslim, and I wasn\u2019t used to that. I was exposed to that culture for the first time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Homeless, he roamed the streets with his friends, finding various ways to survive. Others in his position would shine shoes; some got involved in gangs. But Immanuel Neubauer\u2019s deafness saved him from those fates.<\/p>\n

\u201cGangs wanted influence on him and he couldn\u2019t communicate with them,\u201d Stern said. \u201cSo they left him alone. That was his main getaway.\u201d<\/p>\n

That might have been the end of his story, if not for an unfortunate push that opened a door \u2014 and a new world of opportunity.<\/p>\n

The homeless boy had been playing with a friend along the side of a street when he was pushed into the path of an oncoming car. The car ran over his foot and he spent three months in the hospital. The injury permanently raised the toes and the ball of his right foot slightly off the ground.<\/p>\n

Since no relatives visited him, hospital staff treated him as an orphan and contacted Layla House, the local orphanage. He didn\u2019t even have a name to give staff members, so they called him \u201cImmanuel.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u2022 \u2022<\/p>\n

In the spring of 2005, an email began circulating through the offices of the Community Outreach Program for the Deaf in Albuquerque about an orphan from Ethiopia in need of a family. It reached Lori Neubauer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said, \u2018Wow, I wish I could adopt him,\u2019\u201d she recaled. \u201cSo my boss [director Lin Marksbury] said, \u2018Why don\u2019t you get in contact with the agency and see if you can adopt him?\u2019 Well, I certainly didn\u2019t have the money, but I was interested.\u201d<\/p>\n

She contacted Adoptions Advocates International, an organization that assists with adoptions of children from China, Thailand, Ethiopia and Romania. One of the group\u2019s associates had seen the boy and knew that because he was older he would have trouble finding adoptive parents.<\/p>\n

The next step was much more difficult \u2014 raising money for a foreign adoption. Lori Neubauer, who now works for the New Mexico Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons, held a garage sale and sold much of her furniture. Her co-workers donated money to help. She received a $4,500 grant from Gift Of Adoption, a national organization that provides assistance to qualified adoptive parents. Cottonwood Church gave $1,000.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe had a very realistic idea what it would involve,\u201d Marksbury said. \u201cStill, no one anticipated how difficult that would be. She was very committed and very dedicated. I think she did an amazing job of making that happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lori estimated that she spent 14 months and between $12,000 and 14,000 on the adoption. But there were times she was ready to give up because of how long it took.<\/p>\n

\u201cI used to joke that it was a very long pregnancy,\u201d Lori said. \u201cIt was a slow-go for me to raise money. I said at one point if they could find him a home to go ahead with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

But there was no one else who wanted to adopt him. When she finally raised the money, Lori Neubauer flew to Addis Ababa in June of 2006 . \u201cIt was just a thrill to meet him in person,\u201d she said. \u201cI had seen him in pictures, but to see him in person was just amazing. He was very shy and I gave him a hug. He gave me a little one back.\u201d<\/p>\n

It took five days to complete the adoption process before the pair left for Albuquerque. Then Immanuel Neubauer began to accumulate a lot of firsts.<\/p>\n

Like his first escalator ride.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019d never seen moving steps before,\u201d his mother said.<\/p>\n

Then came his first plane trip.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was different,\u201d Immanuel Neubauer said. \u201cIt was weird. I was looking down thinking, \u2018Wow, this is weird, kinda crazy.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Yet, as tough as the adoption was, the hurdles this new-found family had to overcome were just beginning.<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u2022 \u2022<\/p>\n

Lori Neubauer made it clear to her son that he was going to get an education. She started on the flight home by teaching him the sign language alphabet. In Albuquerque, he took classes at Layla House to prepare him for the transition, but he didn\u2019t learn much because of his lack of a language or education.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe told me, \u2018No, no school,\u2019\u201d she recalled. \u201c\u2018I am not going to school.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Lori Neubauer insisted, though, and they visited the NMSD campus in July of 2006. He met Stern and other staff members, many of whom were also deaf.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he was shocked that there were other deaf people in the world,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

When Immanuel Neubauer learned he would be going to the boarding school, he was excited. \u201cI was like, \u2018There\u2019s so many new things, meeting so many new people!\u2019 \u201d he said.<\/p>\n

But he faced a big academic disadvantage, according to Stern.<\/p>\n

\u201cNeuroscience research shows that the most critical stage for acquisition of language is from birth to 5 years old, maybe 6,\u201d he explained. \u201cThe plasticity of the brain is the greatest during that time frame. We often see that with many deaf and hard-of-hearing children it\u2019s almost impossible to make up for lost time. And he missed out on that big time.\u201d<\/p>\n

The school gave Immanuel Neubauer intense individual attention to help him learn as quickly as possible. But it was a struggle.<\/p>\n

\u201cI couldn\u2019t understand anyone and that was frustrating,\u201d Immanuel Neubauer said. \u201cPeople would try to talk to me and I couldn\u2019t understand at all. It was strange for me to have to work in the classroom, because I had never experienced that.\u201d<\/p>\n

He ran into other conflicts because he wasn\u2019t used to living in a structured environment and didn\u2019t realize there were consequences for his actions.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt never caused serious problems,\u201d Stern said. \u201cHe wanted to learn. He was very likable. But it was hard for him to receive criticism and suggestions for change.\u201d<\/p>\n

NMSD set Immanuel Neubauer up with a counselor, and Lori had him see an psychologist as well. Still, the relationship was so strained after two years that he was sent to an adolescent home for the deaf in Albuquerque for a few months in 2008.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was time to do something because it was not getting better,\u201d Lori Neubauer said. \u201cHe just didn\u2019t get the family thing until he almost lost it.\u201d
\nWhat he learned was that rules are for everybody, and the time at the group home reinforced that.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was all right, I got used to it,\u201d Immanuel Neubauer said. \u201cThere were so many rules. I learned how to cope with rules.\u201d<\/p>\n

Back home he opened up to his mother and told him things she didn\u2019t know before \u2014 like he had a family in Ethiopia.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy first thought was, \u2018Do I need to get him back to his family? \u2019\u201d she recalled<\/p>\n

Immanuel assuaged those fears quickly.<\/p>\n

\u201cI miss my family,\u201d he said. \u201cI think about them and hope all is well. But I\u2019m thankful for what I have now.\u201d<\/p>\n

The change also showed back at school. He started to make friends as his language skills improved. Eventually, he wasn\u2019t the shy kid in class, afraid to answer a question.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt like when I was 14 or 15, in that age range, I could understand people better, I was learning more,\u201d he said. \u201cI felt like if a teacher asked me a question, I knew the answer. That\u2019s when I started to feel more comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u2022 \u2022<\/p>\n

Immanuel Neubauer\u2019s track success opened another door for him. He will run for the U.S. team competing in the Deaflympics in July in Sofia, Bulgaria. He received an invitation from the selection committee in October and he will run in the 400 meters and possibly on the 1,600-meter relay team.<\/p>\n

After his success at the state track meet, he also has a bigger goal.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m hoping to [break] 49 [seconds],\u201d he says. \u201cI\u2019m shooting for 48. Most runners in the race are running in the 49s, so that\u2019s my goal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Contact James Barron at 986-3045 or jbarron@sfnewmexican.com.<\/p>\n

SOURCE:<\/p>\n

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