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More power to you, man. There really isn't a negative side to your actions. You did nothing unreasonable and didn't request anything unreasonable from anyone else. This forum is full of people who spent a lot of time sticking up for themselves and defending rights that I am now capitalizing on...

Lol, no. I have some friends who I have been hanging out with over the nights. I just took a nap in my car today while waiting to meet up with some people today. I live in a remote area so stuff is kind of spread out and we were all meeting at a park to head to the big city together in my car...

I should also add that I live in Michigan, so some place like NY or California is probably more expensive as well.

I would hope you mean seven thousand dollars per year? or seven dollars per day? I am sure there are scholarships for deaf students. I haven't looked into them, because I was basically told by the counselor at my local community college that, being late deafened, I had no chance of getting...

I worked behind a cash register at a small grocery store for about two and a half years. Worked my way to head of the meat/deli counter, and eventually to manager (not General Manager, just manager of the cashiers.) Ended up being fired from there due to my medical situation (the vertigo portion...

First of all, ^^^^Awesome. Second of all, I learned that sleeping in your car during winter months puts the thickest layer of condensation on the windows that I have ever seen. You wipe it off and it just comes right back after a minute of driving, like magic.

If I am going to spend that kind of money on my adult child, it's gonna be to help out with their rent or car insurance or something. Coming from a 23-year-old, if you don't have enough money to be smoking the green stuff, you shouldn't be smoking the green stuff (not that I think you should...

I don't want to get to personal on you, but what kind of experiences have you had in a family with Deaf parents that you feel contributed to your feelings of loneliness and/or depression. I'm sure there are some people who could relate, maybe I am one of those people. Glad to see that you are...

Working on a living situation, but other than that doing pretty good. Making some new friends which is making me feel AWESOME especially due to my current mental state. Just hoping my disability decision comes through so I can get some cash. Been without work for almost half a year now.

When I lost my hearing completely I went to sleep during a Menier's attack (not an easy thing to do) and woke up with nothing, so your basically hitting the nail on the head as far as what happened to me. Of course I was HOH for a good portion of my life so it is a different story. I think, in...

Yah, to sort of drive home everyone else's point, any restrictions I have due to my hearing situation steer me towards the internet for information rather than away from it. Almost all of my communication issues regard people in face to face interaction (or sometimes face to back-of-head...

When I was little, I lost a lot of hearing. Went through school HOH and now that I am 23, I have lost my hearing completely. I can definitely relate to your story. As I recently told someone on these forums, the problem isn't living without hearing. The problem (if you are late deafened) is...

Wow! Hope it gets fixed soon (and that it doesn't cost you too much.) That doesn't sound like fun.

Weather's looking a whole lot better now that I'm not sleeping in my car. Michigan cars aren't made for Michigan winters.

My uncle used to tour around Michigan and find any bull he could to ride. The whole family would pack up to go see him all the time. He had to quit because he ended up almost dying. More metal in his head than bone at this point (exaggerating in case you take that too seriously.)

What am I doing right now? For the moment I am temporarily homeless. I was just kicked out of my house for taking offense to being told I "wasn't listening" when I asked someone to repeat something they said (for the first time.) So if I make an off-color post or seem a little surly, my...

Just to be clear, I don't have a problem with people saying my hearing is impaired. Most people don't say that, though. What most people say is that I am impaired. My hearing is impaired (depending on perspective), but that doesn't make it an impairment. You don't see guys from MENSA saying your...

Other people in the kitchen telling me that I am impaired or disabled. If a microwave beeps and I can't hear it, the food isn't gonna burn.

Cleaner, newer looking stuff lowers crime rate. Infrastructure matters, and cities put big bucks into it. Detroit has a terrible infrastructure grade and a lot of crime. Flint (MI) also has the same problem.

I don't know if it's usual (I'm late deafened) but it's what I do. I often prewrite questions on a paper before I walk up to someone who works at a store, and phrase it in such a way that they either answer with yes, no, or by pointing somewhere. I don't live in a very tolerant area.