Itsonlymex4
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I noticed this too. Hes absolutely thriving since hes gone
I am serevely deaf in 1 ear and profound in the other. I dont sign, i can comminicate as anyonr else but rely on lip reading. As soon as i got my diagnosis. My mum went all blazing. Got the DLA, a helper at school, speech therapy, she made me join a deaf group, eventually she pushed for me going to a proper deaf school.
By the time i was 14, i was sucidal and depressed. Mother loved the attention from medical professionals, pushed me for to get a bone anchored hearing aid (i didnt want it, i was happy with a normal hearing aid). She would cry to them and shed get her own way. All i wanted to do was be a typical teenager, i didnt fit in with deaf people as i didnt sign and i didnt know any hearing people. i learnt how to play a piano and done exams for them, i ADORED music. But mum kept pushing the disability thing.
Eventually i met a girl at college at 16, who treated me as any other teenager. she invited me to go clubbing (back in the day!) Amd i went...and omg....i felt so alive after that. I was thriving at college, meeting lots of people, had a amazing social life. They all knew i was hard of hearing but no problem. Eventually i met someone who was at uni but my mum hated him and hated my life. She made my life so difficult. So...at 17 i moved in with him 200 miles away. I got a full time job as a laboratory technician. Ok i got pregnant at 18 but i managed to go back to work when my baby was 6 months old and support my partner who was at uni... and i havr supported myself for 17 years and i have always done absolutely fine with no help.
Moral of the story is. My mother LOVED the disability side. She adored the attention she got from medical professionals, she loved having a 'special needs'child. But she was stopping me reaching my full potential, which can be incredibly damaging. So its clear at school, he is pushed and encoruaged. And its fantastic xx
I am serevely deaf in 1 ear and profound in the other. I dont sign, i can comminicate as anyonr else but rely on lip reading. As soon as i got my diagnosis. My mum went all blazing. Got the DLA, a helper at school, speech therapy, she made me join a deaf group, eventually she pushed for me going to a proper deaf school.
By the time i was 14, i was sucidal and depressed. Mother loved the attention from medical professionals, pushed me for to get a bone anchored hearing aid (i didnt want it, i was happy with a normal hearing aid). She would cry to them and shed get her own way. All i wanted to do was be a typical teenager, i didnt fit in with deaf people as i didnt sign and i didnt know any hearing people. i learnt how to play a piano and done exams for them, i ADORED music. But mum kept pushing the disability thing.
Eventually i met a girl at college at 16, who treated me as any other teenager. she invited me to go clubbing (back in the day!) Amd i went...and omg....i felt so alive after that. I was thriving at college, meeting lots of people, had a amazing social life. They all knew i was hard of hearing but no problem. Eventually i met someone who was at uni but my mum hated him and hated my life. She made my life so difficult. So...at 17 i moved in with him 200 miles away. I got a full time job as a laboratory technician. Ok i got pregnant at 18 but i managed to go back to work when my baby was 6 months old and support my partner who was at uni... and i havr supported myself for 17 years and i have always done absolutely fine with no help.
Moral of the story is. My mother LOVED the disability side. She adored the attention she got from medical professionals, she loved having a 'special needs'child. But she was stopping me reaching my full potential, which can be incredibly damaging. So its clear at school, he is pushed and encoruaged. And its fantastic xx
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