It's a hard world. I got SSD because I have worked and earned it. That's why I am substituting and voluteering to keep myseslf busy. I am grateful to God that I have a home, wife and children, and some income. I am deaf but also an amputee to where sometime my leg just won't work LOL. I have to sit and rest it and hopefully be able to walk again in a few day.
Finding a job is not an easy task for any deaf or HOH. It's much easier for hearing to acquire a job becaue he or she is able to hear on the phone and communicate orally much better than deaf and HOH. Most companies
consider us (Deaf or HOH) as liabilities instead of assets.
Msbrooks, contact the Department of Human Services in your State. It should be in the phonebook. I am not surprised that you were denied. I was denied at first but got approved because of my amputee. Do i consider myself disabled? Let me put it this way.... mentally, spiritually and emotionally, I am not disabled. BUT Physically I am disabled because I can't walk, nor speak, nor hear... so we can't deny our disabilities. It something I have to accept. I am fortunate to be able to stay home and spend time with my kids and wife. But to keep myself busy, I substitute and volunteer.
Now, one thing that I don't like as "pet peeve" is that anyone who feels sorry for him or herself as self-pity. Sure, i get pick on, beat on, push on, etc... but it sure didn't stop me from getting my degree in Accounting. I am looking foward to boost up my degree to BA in anything LOL. I would like to get a BA in General Studies. I love to learn and keep myself occupied.
TO all the hearing. God has bless you with hearing abilities as well as speaking. Only downfall is that you have to hear all the bickering and gossiping LOL. TO all the deaf, God as aslo bless us too because we don't have to hear all those bad noises. So in that perspective, we are all equal despite the differences between us. We all have human spirits. We can love, forgive and learn or... we can hate others. I choose to love and learn as much as I can from deaf and hearing.