i was born deafblind. deafblinds in is a spectrum so even though i had limited vision and hearing when i was younger i had more than i do now and it's slowly deteriorated over time. probably will continue to deteriorate over time, and i just adapt and come up with solutions so that i can access what i need. when did i notice that i'm deafblind? i don't have an exact date, but when i was in middle school, i remember i was surprised that i was missing information. i didn't realize that the teacher was writing on the board and i was missing stuff or that he was saying things from the back of the room and i was missing information. i kind of assumed that the way i experienced the world was how most kids and adults experienced the world. so when i had that meeting with one of my teachers, the teacher for the blind and the mainstream teacher issue start evidence to realize how i experience the world is different from others, and other students can just go to school and expect expect at the teachers to teach them

>> i was born deafblind, most of our world is designed for people who can see and hear, and when