My Supports

There are many things and people who supportive of me in my daily environment. My parents, best friend, and my boyfriend are probably some of the most supportive people there are in my life. They are always there for me, even on the bad days, and I know I can count on their support and help to get me through the day. Since school is in session, my coworkers also provide much needed support as well. I know if I have a problem or need help with something, I can count on them for the help. I find these supports all beneficial because these people can help me emotionally, practically, and physically. They are ones that I can turn to when I need the support in these areas. Without these people in my lives, I feel that I would be out on my own in this world. I would feel lost, and that I wouldn’t have anyone to count on or to go to for help. These people are my rock, and help me as I have challenges throughout life.

I have a heredity nerve loss in my hearing, thus I have been wearing hearing aids for the past 4 ½, so my challenged I imagined was the my hearing got worse which could make communication more difficult. Obviously, I would need support from everyone I have mentioned to get me to overcome this challenge and in addition to technology and hearing professionals. My family, friends, and co-workers would provide the support of realizing that they may have to talk louder and slower in order for me the hear them and be able to read their lips. Technology and hearing professionals will provide the support of finding the right device to help with my hearing issue, so I can continue on with my daily life. Without these supports, I think communication would be difficult. People would not realize that I have a hearing issue, and just play it off as if I was weird, and not fully understand my situation. I feel without these supports in my life, my life would be different because I would probably not participate in conversation because I can’t hear, thus my social life wouldn’t exist, and I wouldn’t be able to continue to teach and develop relationships.