Ashley Fiolek is a gold medalist in motocross. Motocross is the cross- country racing on motorcycles. This is a huge accomplishment by anyone. It takes years of practice and dedication. Its not a sport that everyone is good at. Not only is she female taking part in a male dominated sport, but there’s something else about her too, she’s deaf, but she hasn’t let that stop her from racing.
Ashley was born deaf in Dearborn Michigan on October 22 1990 but her parents moved to St. Augustine Florida when she was eight years old so she could attend the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind. She was taken out in favor of home-schooling before the ninth grade because her parents believed that the school was telling her to believe that she was limited …show more content…
Ashley has even co-written her own book called “Kicking Up Dirt: A True Story of Determination, Deafness and Daring” She has an inspirational story about overcoming what some people see as disabilities and obstacles but she was raised not to regard anything about being deaf as a roadblock or standing in her way. Ashley talks about in an interview that some people thought her parents teaching her to ride a motorcycle wasn’t safe, but her parents knew that they could teach her to ride safely and to ride fast. Her father said in the interview that he never saw his daughters deafness as a limitation and he doesn’t think that Ashely would have it any other …show more content…
Her contributions to the deaf world she took something that many people consider an obstacle or a limitation and learned to use it as an advantage in her racing career. Her parents played a huge roll in her decision to go into motocross but also in her being confident and doing what she loved and what she believed in. They didn’t let anyone tell her that she couldn’t do something and even took her out of the school she was in when they thought she was being taught that she was limited. Ashley is not seen as handicapped in any of the communities she is a part of.
Anyone no matter who you are can learn something from Ashley. She has an inspiring story. She put herself in a situation where she had to compete with hearing males when she is a Deaf female. She is an inspiration to deaf people because she never saw herself as limited. She learned to ride a motorcycle based on the vibrations instead of the sound she makes jokes about not being able to hear the smack talk from other people so that it doesn’t affect her. She’s an all around inspirational person.
We can learn to accept ourselves as who we are from her. People can learn that even if someone might believe that you can’t do something unless you try you’ll never know. There is always going to people who will try to bring you down and tell you that something is impossible
Ashley was born deaf in Dearborn Michigan on October 22 1990 but her parents moved to St. Augustine Florida when she was eight years old so she could attend the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind. She was taken out in favor of home-schooling before the ninth grade because her parents believed that the school was telling her to believe that she was limited …show more content…
Ashley has even co-written her own book called “Kicking Up Dirt: A True Story of Determination, Deafness and Daring” She has an inspirational story about overcoming what some people see as disabilities and obstacles but she was raised not to regard anything about being deaf as a roadblock or standing in her way. Ashley talks about in an interview that some people thought her parents teaching her to ride a motorcycle wasn’t safe, but her parents knew that they could teach her to ride safely and to ride fast. Her father said in the interview that he never saw his daughters deafness as a limitation and he doesn’t think that Ashely would have it any other …show more content…
Her contributions to the deaf world she took something that many people consider an obstacle or a limitation and learned to use it as an advantage in her racing career. Her parents played a huge roll in her decision to go into motocross but also in her being confident and doing what she loved and what she believed in. They didn’t let anyone tell her that she couldn’t do something and even took her out of the school she was in when they thought she was being taught that she was limited. Ashley is not seen as handicapped in any of the communities she is a part of.
Anyone no matter who you are can learn something from Ashley. She has an inspiring story. She put herself in a situation where she had to compete with hearing males when she is a Deaf female. She is an inspiration to deaf people because she never saw herself as limited. She learned to ride a motorcycle based on the vibrations instead of the sound she makes jokes about not being able to hear the smack talk from other people so that it doesn’t affect her. She’s an all around inspirational person.
We can learn to accept ourselves as who we are from her. People can learn that even if someone might believe that you can’t do something unless you try you’ll never know. There is always going to people who will try to bring you down and tell you that something is impossible