Please unsubscribe me moderator. thanks<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 5:27 PM, Keitei <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kekiangeles111@gmail.com" target="_blank">kekiangeles111@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid" class="gmail_quote">Hello,<br>
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I might be the odd one out, but, socializing with "normal" people just isn't my strong point. I typically start conversations with people that aren't really part of that crowd. It may have been because of the way I grew up. I made friends who had a range of disadvantages. I became to realize that what we have makes us think differently, but doesn't limit who were are.<br>
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I'm glad to be of service, if anyone wants to talk to me about some things. I understand that there are many challenges to being deaf-blind, and I thank you all for teaching me so much. I would like to give back to your community.<br>
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When I took the ASL class, I had a deaf day, and on top of my visual impairment, I couldn't hear anything because of the ear plugs that I had. For that day, it was difficult, and I commend all of you for pushing on and trying to get the services that you all need and trying to figure out the problems that this world has to offer.<br>
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I just want to let everyone on this list that I am here to help to try to bring down the barriers and the lack of understanding.<br>
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Best Regards,<br>
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Keitei Colton<br>
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> 1. Re: Social situations with normal people (Gerardo Corripio)<br>
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> Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 11:13:32 -0500<br>
> From: "Gerardo Corripio" <<a href="mailto:gera1027@gmail.com">gera1027@gmail.com</a>><br>
> To: "'NFB Deaf-Blind Division Mailing List'" <<a href="mailto:nfb-db@nfbnet.org">nfb-db@nfbnet.org</a>><br>
> Subject: Re: [nfb-db] Social situations with normal people<br>
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> NO offense! Great topic! REally learning lots of tips/tricks.<br>
> Gerardo<br>
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> -----Mensaje original-----<br>
> De: <a href="mailto:nfb-db-bounces@nfbnet.org">nfb-db-bounces@nfbnet.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:nfb-db-bounces@nfbnet.org">nfb-db-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>] En nombre<br>
> de Kerri Kosten<br>
> Enviado el: domingo, 29 de julio de 2012 07:38 p.m.<br>
> Para: NFB Deaf-Blind Division Mailing List<br>
> Asunto: Re: [nfb-db] Social situations with normal people<br>
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> Hi Everyone:<br>
><br>
> I also struggle with this a bit.<br>
> I have hearing in only one ear so I am not deaf-blind but hearing impaired.<br>
> When there is a large crowd or when I am in a noisy restaurant with<br>
> lots of people at a large table, I have a very hard time hearing those<br>
> who are not right next to me.<br>
> What I do is just go anyway and do the best I can. I try to not let it<br>
> bother me, and I'm the type of person who would rather go and not talk<br>
> to many people at all than not go at all.<br>
> Also, since I have been in training, one of the things I have had to<br>
> really work to get over (and I'm over it now I think) is having to go<br>
> into stores and telling the person I have hearing loss and could they<br>
> please tell me left, right, or forward when I follow them. I used to<br>
> hate having to do this but when I didn't do it I would get left behind<br>
> because I could not tell by using my hearing where they were going. I<br>
> had no choice but to tell them I have hearing loss and to please give<br>
> me directions. I found when I did and they gave me verbal directions<br>
> the situation became a lot better.<br>
> I also used a FM system in school but found I depended on it when I<br>
> could have otherwise just used my hearing aid to hear things. I have<br>
> to sit up closer to where the speaker is sitting to hear but I have<br>
> gotten used to this.<br>
> If my hearing were to ever get worse, I would have no problems using<br>
> an FM system but right now I can function without one.<br>
> But, I can totally relate with the not wanting to stand out. For years<br>
> I believed with my hearing aid my hearing was fine but in reality I<br>
> would get embarrassed when I would try to follow someone and I<br>
> couldn't tell where they were so I had to quickly get used to telling<br>
> people I have hearing loss. At first it was hard but now I am used to<br>
> it.<br>
><br>
> Thanks!<br>
> Kerri<br>
><br>
> On 7/29/12, Janice Toothman <<a href="mailto:janice.toothman@verizon.net">janice.toothman@verizon.net</a>> wrote:<br>
>> I hope I didn't offend you. I was merely trying to explain something<br>
>> that as a new deaf-blind person I had been struggling with. This desire<br>
>> to fit in like you; but don't. The everyday experience of either being<br>
>> pitied for being thought as disable (i.e. helpless) or some sort or<br>
>> disabled superwoman because I am taking graduate counseling classes and<br>
>> desire to be self-supporting as a counselor. I want to be seen for who I<br>
>> am and not what my disabilities are.<br>
>> On 7/27/2012 11:34 AM, Gerardo Corripio wrote:<br>
>>> I think the wanting to appear as normal as possible; all my life I've<br>
>>> grown<br>
>>> up with blindness being the only disability since with my hearing aids<br>
>>> I'm<br>
>>> able to hear OK.<br>
>>><br>
>>> -----Mensaje original-----<br>
>>> De: <a href="mailto:nfb-db-bounces@nfbnet.org">nfb-db-bounces@nfbnet.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:nfb-db-bounces@nfbnet.org">nfb-db-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>] En<br>
>>> nombre<br>
>>> de Janice Toothman<br>
>>> Enviado el: Jueves, 26 de Julio de 2012 17:27<br>
>>> Para: NFB Deaf-Blind Division Mailing List<br>
>>> Asunto: Re: [nfb-db] Social situations with normal people<br>
>>><br>
>>> Gerardo,<br>
>>> If I may ask, were you afraid of the stigma of being labeled hearing<br>
>>> impaired or deaf? or was if something else that prompted you to refrain<br>
>>> from using your FM receiver. I know that for me it is always a struggle<br>
>>> not wanting to appear different from others yet having a desire to not<br>
>>> only learn but also to be heard. Because of the stigma of deaf-blindness<br>
>>> I often did not want draw attention to my needs in a classroom. The<br>
>>> result was that I could not fully participate in the class and the<br>
>>> teacher did not know why so I was graded down with respect to<br>
>>> participation. It is an awful responsibility to be the counseling<br>
>>> departments first deaf-blind student. This means I must educate my<br>
>>> professors and classmates not only about deaf-blindness and what we can<br>
>>> do with the proper training and technology.<br>
>>> Janice<br>
>>> On 7/26/2012 2:41 PM, GERARDO CORRIPIO FLORES wrote:<br>
>>>> Wow! what a great topic! Though I'm not deafblind (I have 70% hearing<br>
>>>> loss and use hearing aids) I prefer small social gatherings of two<br>
>>>> three or up to five people at most. ABout fm transmiters, I used to<br>
>>>> use one some years ago but only used it in school since I'd like to<br>
>>>> appear as most regular as possible. Keep on this great topic!<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> 2012/7/26, Scott Davert <<a href="mailto:scottdavert@gmail.com">scottdavert@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
>>>>> Hi janice.<br>
>>>>> I've had the same struggles as you have, and my social life has<br>
>>>>> suffered greatly. I've become an intravert because of this.<br>
>>>>> I understand also not being able to always hear or see someone when<br>
>>>>> they say hello to me, and wish that I could offer some suggestions as<br>
>>>>> to ways of dealing with this. But these are other people we're talking<br>
>>>>> about, people who have their own actions, thoughts, and assumptions.<br>
>>>>> All you can do is explain it to them and hope they understand. No<br>
>>>>> matter what audiological equipment you use, it's never going to be as<br>
>>>>> good as what would be considered normal hearing. The only way I've<br>
>>>>> found to deal with my extrovertedness, is to have small gatherings of<br>
>>>>> like 2 or 3 others, which makes it easier as long as you're not in a<br>
>>>>> noisey environment. But I fit in nowhere. I have a hard time with<br>
>>>>> speech and don't know enough sign language. I'm trying to learn sign<br>
>>>>> language now, but the politics and all the bs surrounding it is making<br>
>>>>> that difficult. So I just keep pushing on and do the best I can and<br>
>>>>> live with it. What other choice do I have?<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> Scott<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> On 7/26/12, Janice Toothman <<a href="mailto:janice.toothman@verizon.net">janice.toothman@verizon.net</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>>>> I get frustrated by those people who knew me growing up and assume I<br>
>>>>>> am<br>
>>>>>> being rude to them when I don't say "Hi" to them after they have said<br>
>>>>>> "Hi" to me. Do I always have to explain to people that I am not being<br>
>>>>>> rude or trying to brush them off but that I honestly didn't hear them<br>
>>>>>> because I am deaf and that I didn't see them because I am blind. How<br>
>>>>>> do<br>
>>>>>> you go to social events where the majority are sighted and your the<br>
>>>>>> only<br>
>>>>>> deaf-blind person and you can't make sense of the person your having a<br>
>>>>>> conversation with because of all the other noises/conversions going on<br>
>>>>>> in the room?<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> I feel very isolated from my peers because I cannot hear conversations<br>
>>>>>> in a classroom when others are talking as well. Similarly family<br>
>>>>>> gatherings do not have usual anticipation at going to these events has<br>
>>>>>> diminished greatly due to my deaf-blindness.<br>
>>>>>> This is a challenge for me when I go back to school. The University<br>
>>>>>> offers me transcribers for my class but they write the "gist" of what<br>
>>>>>> is<br>
>>>>>> said and often leave out important dates and names of authors. Also, I<br>
>>>>>> do not receive this transcription in real time but within 24-36 hours<br>
>>>>>> after the class has ended.<br>
>>>>>> Unfortunately, when I go to conventions I have to rely on my FM system<br>
>>>>>> and a digital recorder.<br>
>>>>>> Has anyone else had problems problems in social situations.<br>
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