She is doing her Masters in Counseling Psych, and, she has a learning disability. She agrees with me about the racism and the ableism. A lot of people don't know how to handle talking to someone who is hard of hearing. I'm not talking about the Deaf Culture. Just hard of hearing.
People are very patronizing.
I find this difficult. This is the nub for me. I am learning, painfully, to try and accept. I say try because I want peace in my heart and reacting in anger was normal, in fact, safe for me for years but does not work anymore. I am in counseling.