Steinhauer
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Without giving too many details I wanted to share something that happened to my neice on Halloween.
My neice is hereditarily HoH (like me) and was misdiagnosed with Aspberger's Syndrome.
Asperger syndrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
What many audiologists will tell you is that HoH individuals are misdiagnosed ALL THE TIME. When you cannot hear what is being said, you tend to have difficulty in socializing. It is not the result of Aspbergers, it is the result of being HoH.
Anyways ... she has been an easy target by bullies. She was targetted this past Sunday evening when she was walking home from a friend's house. It was broad daylight. She saw a group of boys that she knew from the swimming pool in the subdivision she lives in. They were neighbors. She went up in a friendly way and went to give one of them a hug.
He attacked her and tried to rape her in broad daylight. She ended up getting a bloody nose, was kicked in the stomach and thrown on the ground.
My neice was taught to fight back, and she did. She fought for as long as she could (it lasted nearly an hour). 2 boys were involved and a third intervened to stop it and she got away.
The police have arrested the boys involved and there have been over 20 charges filed. The one who kicked her has priors.
Me and mine are awaiting to see if they will be charged as adults (all are minors).
I just wanted to say that my neice is my new hero. She is taking this very bravely and knows to fight back, and to fight back hard against behaviour that is absolutely not tolerated.
She bruised them up pretty bad.
My neice is hereditarily HoH (like me) and was misdiagnosed with Aspberger's Syndrome.
Asperger syndrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
What many audiologists will tell you is that HoH individuals are misdiagnosed ALL THE TIME. When you cannot hear what is being said, you tend to have difficulty in socializing. It is not the result of Aspbergers, it is the result of being HoH.
Anyways ... she has been an easy target by bullies. She was targetted this past Sunday evening when she was walking home from a friend's house. It was broad daylight. She saw a group of boys that she knew from the swimming pool in the subdivision she lives in. They were neighbors. She went up in a friendly way and went to give one of them a hug.
He attacked her and tried to rape her in broad daylight. She ended up getting a bloody nose, was kicked in the stomach and thrown on the ground.
My neice was taught to fight back, and she did. She fought for as long as she could (it lasted nearly an hour). 2 boys were involved and a third intervened to stop it and she got away.
The police have arrested the boys involved and there have been over 20 charges filed. The one who kicked her has priors.
Me and mine are awaiting to see if they will be charged as adults (all are minors).
I just wanted to say that my neice is my new hero. She is taking this very bravely and knows to fight back, and to fight back hard against behaviour that is absolutely not tolerated.
She bruised them up pretty bad.