Disability?
Let's get something straight right away. When I was around two years old or so, it was discovered I had a hearing impairment. I was fitted with hearing aids and have dealt with the implications of this fact my entire life. For all we know, my hearing impairment is simply a result of a premature birth and the all-out efforts to keep me alive. The way I see it, when one looks at pictures of myself looking nothing short of a crazy science experiment at birth, I consider myself quite blessed to have come out of it all with nothing a few scars and a hearing impairment to show for it. Now, in many ways growing up with a hearing impairment was not easy. First of all, I was and still am extremely stubborn when it comes to wearing my hearing aids. It's not like those things fit in your ear like a glove on your hand. They are uncomfortable and annoying. They rub against the inside of you ear at times and makes them itchy and sore. There were...