This article is based on the case study of a deaf person, allowing for the determination of barriers and facilitators to social participation in the realm of education and work. The first application shown is based Letscher, Parent and Deslandes’ model of barriers and facilitators to the development of social participation (2009). This perspective takes into account the context of educational, social and professional inclusion, through a particular cultural approach to bilingualism. The thoughts of a gesturing deaf person as well as those of his father, mother and a significant teacher were sought. The results show the relationship between the person, whose profile from resilience to liberation, and meaningful actors in his environment, including parents who advocated and provided support related to career choice.