Overcoming disabilities
I have always been a very auditory person and when I was diagnosed with Cholieostoma, I was devistated. How could I lose my hearing at such a young age? Wasn’t that supposed to happen with the elderly? I wasn’t old, I was only 29. .
I felt trapped in a world that was so cold and callus. How could this happen to me? No matter how much I yelled and screamed, it did not bring my hearing back.
I did discover myself in this time and found that I am not a quitter. Life as I knew it before was going to be quite different.
I found a niche in writing and well, my eyes are still working. I was very lucky here, only for thye fact that with this disease, it does abscess into you brain. If that should have happened, I would have been blind also. My only regret was that I could not finish my Journalism degree.
I feel that people can overcome difficulties if they are willing to look at the positives. I can’t hear out of one ear and the hearing is going in the other ear. So what! I will not let it get me down. I think about Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan and know that was quite a feat for Helen to overcome blindeness and deafness. She had the will and determination to accomplish her goals.
I learned that I may not be able to hear most tv programs, but the wonderful technology of today has closed captioning. However, having the words scroll at the bottom of a screen is quite challenging. Especially if you are trying to watch a comedy and actually getting the punch line.
I have learned through this experience to zeroin on the things that I was good at. I don’t concentrate on the the things that I can’t change, but I improve on the things that I can. I won’t let this disease control my life, for I will control the disease and my life.
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It is a good start. You have put you feelings on paper. But a good paper, fiction, non-fiction or even in research, must have more meat to it. You have to draw the audience into what you are feeling, seeing, doing. What is the disease? How did you cope through the various stages of the disease? As in most diseases there is denial, anger, rejection. Acceptance comes much later. Then more on how you plan to cope. So one avenue is closed but what other avenues did it open for you. Where do you see yourself a year from now? Keep working on it.
you have picked a challenging career ,, this writing , but you will be very good with it ,, My sister had a stroke, I see folks that have disabilities ..
Are you going to write novels? I try to write song lyrics , but they usually end up as rhyming little stories.,, I have a handicap , I have forgot how to punchuate what I’m writing .,, You have agreed within yourself to go on , You have found a nice web site ,,this urbis, so why not try your hand at writing some kind of song lyrics , you could send em to me too , at Lookingbeyond@hotmail.com ..
Your doing ok with this article you have submitted,
Take care ,,
lookingbeyond
I think that you managed to express the true process of your feelings through writing this and it’s seems very real, not in a duh non-fiction way, but a real as in this is life, we are all responsible, shit happens kind of way. There are some grammar/spelling errors, but you said to ignore them, so I won’t mention them. At the end though you said you were trying to focus on the things that you were good at, I think typo, but you’re focusing on the things that you are good at? Time lines did get confused, if you reread this. Lastly, the ending doesn’t really have the bang that the lead-up would make it seem was coming. Not very good advice eh, but add BANG! lol…hope that makes sense.
Anywho, I like how you used facts and history to encourage you’re viewpoint.
Good luck in your struggles and keep the positivity!
Mika
This was excellent. I can really relate. I have Fibermialjah, a mussle disorder and i feel alot of pain which really afected me but i was able to write, which really kept me going. I don’t know if this is about you or not but i know that i understand.
i found only one mistake. in the sentance below i think you ment to say: the.
I was very lucky here, only for thye fact that with this disease
Besides this mistake it was good.
As a former Disabled Veterans Outreach Counselor and a diabled Veteran myself I can fully emphathise with this situation.And now my son is a disabled vet with Menere’s disease whch affects the hearing.The strive for success attitude is to be commended.It is one thing to be limited another entirely to be “crippled”. The glaring differance is Mindset/Attitude/Willpower.Self expression,such as this article is a sign of strength and mental accuity,Good for you Sir!!
I found your story to be very positive. I wanted to know more. I feel you have a very interesting story to tell and that people could learn a lot from your experience. Have you considered writing and expanding upon your idea in more depth? What about more information on the disease? One suggestion I do recommend is to use a spell/grammar check as there are about six misspellings. I hope to read more of your work.
This is an inspirational piece, and I think that it would benefit people who are in the same boat as you, to know your story. It does take a lot of a person both physically and mentally to overcome deafness, and all the while keeping your spirits up. I think that you should write an autobio to get this story out to the world. On your way to that, you may want to look out for certain spelling mistakes. Devistated, is devastated. Zeroin is zero in. That last one you want to look out for because the way you wrote it, it looks like some kind of medicine. Good luck, and I admire your strength.
Pretty good piece but I do have a suggestion. In the beginning you should describe this disease to give your readers a better understanding as to what it is. Also, you should go into detail about your writing and how it has been helpful in your acceptance of your disease, if it is an outlet or a source of peace or whatever as you had said that you found your niche in writing. There are just a couple of typos, easily fixed. Sorry about your disease and I wish you well in your writing endeavors.
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