Deafness

Hi, my name is SwarveAOK1939. I'm here because I want to learn more about how others deal with epilepsy and deafness as this is something that I have both! I would like to learn more about the experiences others have so that I can offer help to them in my own personal training platform on skool

#MightyTogether

Some of my work invloves event planning, over the years I’ve noticed we could do better at offering access needs. So I’ve been setting meetings for the team to learn about accommodations and what correct language we should use. But no one wants to offer accommodations because, “they’ll ask if they really need something or help”. But that’s not what we should wait for. We should offer these accommodations so people don’t feel like they are an obstacle. We should have events that accept everyone walking/wheelchair users, hearing impaired, visually impaired, etc.

It’s tiring to fight for this but if I don’t fight who will? I feel like those of us whom need accommodations want them offered in more places and those who don’t have accommodations can’t wrap their head around it.
#Accommodations #VisuallyImpaired #HearingImpaired #Blindness #Deafness #AutismSpectrumDisorder #MentalHealth #Anxiety

So, even being blind I’ve been making some effort to learn Brazilian sign language. I want to be able to communicate to deaf and deaf-blind people, also want to be able to add sign language interpreting to the videos I post regarding accessibility, because if I want to promote accessibility, I want to include what I think is the most isolated community of all disabled people. It’s so hard to find someone who can hear and knows sign language that it saddens me.
But I’ve been improving, I have a very fast learning capacity, so much that braille I learned in two hours. So even if I’m being active on learning sign language for less than a month, I’m almost confident I can add it to my résumé.
Go on thinking I’m useless for being blind ableists, I dare you! 😊🤟🏻

Hey so I’m learning Brazilian Sign Language and they point out a lot about facial expressions. Is it possible to communicate having trouble with facial expressions? I’m blind but I’d like to also be able to freely communicate with deaf people, and also I’m autistic and for this reason sign language can help me a lot since if I get a bad crisis I get absolutely non verbal and I need to find a way to communicate without verbalizing, so ‘til now I’d use the phone to write what I mean or spell out what I feel in sign language since I know the alphabet, so sign language can help me get by if I get to one of these situations I just am not able to talk. But also cause of ASD I have the hardest time making facial expressions, I usually am not able to spontaneously make them and for that sometimes a lot of people struggle knowing what I feel because I don’t show it on my expression, mostly we joke I can do good with poker, but I’m worried if I might miscommunicate if I can’t do the facial expressions. Please if anyone could tell me about it, I’d be grateful.

Hi, my name is Voiceunbroken67.
I’m here because my story has been one of survival: deafness, bipolar disorder, PTSD, trauma, and years of being silenced. But every scar I carry became fuel. I’ve lived through violence, poverty, and institutions that failed me — and still, I rose.
I am more than labels, diagnoses, or statistics. I am a Justice of the Peace, an investigator, a student working toward criminology, and an author turning pain into purpose. I study from dawn until night not just for grades but because every page I finish proves wrong those who once told me I would never succeed.
I joined this space not just to share my story, but to stand as proof that resilience can be louder than suffering. If you have ever been written off, overlooked, or broken down by the systems around you — know this: you are not powerless.
My voice was once taken from me. Now it is unbroken.And I will use it to challenge silence, stigma, and injustice — every single day.
#MightyTogether #PTSD #BipolarDisorder #DeafAwareness #resilience #traumasurvivor