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I will admit, I do get somewhat down when I find a job in the paper that I could do and then it says "phone duties"...People just won't call me on my TTY or hire me and get one, because its a waste of time, money and patience (to them). I do remember doing a job placement last month at CHS and I...

Got a nine, the math question had me stumped, took me 10 minutes to decide on an anwser!

I too am a lipreader and I'm 18 years old. It took me 14 years to master what I have so far. I can understand lipreading alone about 65% of the time, with sound however, I understand 92% of it. I wouldn't say I was in denial but I hated being hearing impaired because I was always singled out. I...

I too am a "bastard". Quotes around it because I'm female and I'm not sure if that's the proper term! My parents have been together for...23 years, I'm going to be 19 this summer, and they have NEVER been married...Common Law. I still remember my mom telling me her parents reactions. AKA...

Adorable!!!

I love the "Oh you're hard of hearing?" And then they'll start shouting at me. Not only does it make it harder, but it also hurts my ears when you're 4 cm away from me! Another one I love is, when people ask me how I can shop. Uhm. By walking into a store and shop? One woman asked me(I was...

Happy Easter Everyone!!

I don't work in an office, but at my work, they have a buddy system. Like you, I have been left alone, only during a drill however. School is something entirely different. In high school, the bell would go and I'd have no idea. I remember a fire started in the science lab and I was in the...

Deaf Actors on Law & Order: Criminal Intent One of my friends I met during an ASL camp posted this on his Facebook and I thought I should share. I haven't seen Deanne Bray since she left Sue Thomas: F B EYE(Although I still watch the re-runs). This should be interesting!!! -Krista

Found some info that might be useful:

There's a few times. I mainly work with teenagers at Tim Hortons(If you dont know what Tim Horton's is, it's like Dunkin' Donuts) and a few times with some of my managers/supervisors. The teenagers, for the most part, I grew up with, they're used to repeating and making sure I'm looking at...

I'm a first year college student, and I do not have a notetaker nor interp because I don't really need either for my program. I do use an FM system, and I do sit in a place where I can lip read and easily see my classmates. Next year I'm taking a new program and I might just need a notetaker...

I agree, it is hard to read sometimes. Some peoples hands can't go into a certian shape. When I fingerspelled my name to the ASL camp I was volunteering for, one of the other Volunteers was writing down my name. He wrote "K-R-Y-S-T-A" I asked him where the Y came from, he asked me to repeat my...

Congrats on Baby number three!!!!

So far, I'm enjoying it, I wish I could have recorded it though. It's amazing to learn more about the deaf culture. And learn a few new signs along with that :) -Krista

Oh I could write a book. But I'll just mention one. I work at Tim Horton's. My boss is a bi*ch. Bascially, she thinks because I have a hearing loss, I'm also stupid and need to be talked to like a four year old. :run: . God I hate her. She will stop me in what I'm doing, take me somewhere else...

My ASL teacher suggested, during commericals, to fingerspell as much as you can from what they say/what you see. I've done it, it's hard at first, but it does pick up the pace, seeing as each commerical is half a minute to a minute long!!! -Krista

Hmm..I think to a point it defines who I am. But I also have other traits. I will admit, I'm very proud of my deaf culture self, and that I have one foot in one "world" and one foot in the other. All that annoys me about hearing people, is how they automatically assume that they should write...

Although I am a young person, I wouldn't call myself self-centered. But I do know several girls who are. When you think about it, what do teenagers watch? Chick flicks like Mean Girls. What's in mean girls? SELF CENTERED GIRLS. It's not really just the parents, to be frank, because the media...

Had this happen to me, but I had to have my aids out (The security guy actually told me that when he saw it). My ears popped as we were going up, and my friend started talking to me and I could hear okay(I never put them back in until after we landed). Then again, she was RIGHT beside me. When...