I was told I’d never become a hairdresser because I’m deaf – but it makes me better at my job

Drew’s love for hair began when he was in primary school (Picture: Dan Enmarch)

When Drew Udall was growing up, he dreamed of being a hairdresser, practising on his sister’s dolls – and even his babysitter.

However, being born deaf, he knew it wasn’t going to be an easy path – and Drew’s ambition was challenged early on, during a careers class when he was 16.

The teenager expressed his desire to become a hairdresser – but a teacher at his school for deaf children, explained to him that it simply wouldn’t be possible because that sort of role required a high level of communication.

‘It only made me more determined to achieve my dream,’ Drew tells Metro.

He and his sister were both been born deaf to hearing parents...