amazingblu
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Hello,
My name is Aj. I am hoh. I live in ohio and until recently never gave it much thought. Just a fact of life you know? 6 months ago I was blessed with a son. Now in my mid thirties I am attempting to go to college to someday provide a better life for my son than I ever had.
I was born hoh I believe or it could of been getting the measels when I was to young to remember. My mom is not very helpful on this. Either way I can barely hear and what I do is just noise not distinguishable words. As the oldest child to a struggling single parent there were not a lot of options for me when I was younger. Deaf culture was nonexistent in my area. I never learned ASL. I struggked in school because I could never hear my teachers and acted out as a result of the frustration. I did become fairly proficient at reading lips over the years.
Now that I am back in school there are a lot more options. I have a captionist with me in my classes which is ama zingy helpful. My advisor is recommending I learn ASL. I am slightly hesitant. I have always hear the deaf community can be hard on those who are hoh. It also seems that ASL has become popular around here for the hearing. I guess my fears are that I will find myself not fitting in or something. Anyway that's my story I just thought maybe I'd try to learn some more about deaf culture.
My name is Aj. I am hoh. I live in ohio and until recently never gave it much thought. Just a fact of life you know? 6 months ago I was blessed with a son. Now in my mid thirties I am attempting to go to college to someday provide a better life for my son than I ever had.
I was born hoh I believe or it could of been getting the measels when I was to young to remember. My mom is not very helpful on this. Either way I can barely hear and what I do is just noise not distinguishable words. As the oldest child to a struggling single parent there were not a lot of options for me when I was younger. Deaf culture was nonexistent in my area. I never learned ASL. I struggked in school because I could never hear my teachers and acted out as a result of the frustration. I did become fairly proficient at reading lips over the years.
Now that I am back in school there are a lot more options. I have a captionist with me in my classes which is ama zingy helpful. My advisor is recommending I learn ASL. I am slightly hesitant. I have always hear the deaf community can be hard on those who are hoh. It also seems that ASL has become popular around here for the hearing. I guess my fears are that I will find myself not fitting in or something. Anyway that's my story I just thought maybe I'd try to learn some more about deaf culture.