Deaf Auckland University student left alone during fire drillFairfax NZA deaf student has been left feeling hurt after he was cast aside and forgotten about following a fire drill in a university building. Dean Buckley, a profoundly deaf Auckland University student, said he was sitting in the university's Kate Edgar building on Monday when the fire alarm went off. It doesn't matter if he's deaf or not, it should be for anyone if you think someone's in danger." "He doesn't like being treated differently, he wants to be like everyone else, that's why he's studying he doesn't want to sit on the benefit because he's deaf," she said. In a response on Facebook, The University of Auckland said it was a planned fire drill which happens twice a year.

Source: Stuff August 02, 2016 09:20 UTC