my life as a sock
To be deaf to hear - to be blind to see
To be lame to walk - That's the irony.
I have been told how good I am at work and I don't know if I should treat these praises as meaningful. I'm always left out of conversations. I agonize that I cannot even put a word in.
Oh well. I will do my best because I know that other companies won't be the same. Not many managers are likely to be as accommodating of my disability as mine has been, though that makes me think about my first job.
When I showed up with an interpreter, the woman (presumably HR) said that I shouldn't be there because I was deaf and I couldn't have an interpreter following me around. It got my interpreter mad, but I kept calm. The world has too much ignorance that every generation must be born into.
I think though that she ultimately primed the people making the decision to hire me to give me a chance and I thought that was the best opportunity I got. Sure, the job didn't pay well and it was basically 11 months of hellish commute at a part-time temp job.
I'm trying to move out too.
To be lame to walk - That's the irony.
I have been told how good I am at work and I don't know if I should treat these praises as meaningful. I'm always left out of conversations. I agonize that I cannot even put a word in.
Oh well. I will do my best because I know that other companies won't be the same. Not many managers are likely to be as accommodating of my disability as mine has been, though that makes me think about my first job.
When I showed up with an interpreter, the woman (presumably HR) said that I shouldn't be there because I was deaf and I couldn't have an interpreter following me around. It got my interpreter mad, but I kept calm. The world has too much ignorance that every generation must be born into.
I think though that she ultimately primed the people making the decision to hire me to give me a chance and I thought that was the best opportunity I got. Sure, the job didn't pay well and it was basically 11 months of hellish commute at a part-time temp job.
I'm trying to move out too.