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I’m actively becoming deaf and paralysed due to a nerve disease, and whilst I’m still somewhat hearing, I’m wanting to jump on the ball and learn asl now before it’s harder for me. I know basics as my mom is a teacher and has always used very basic asl (yes, no, thank you, etc) growing up. I am struggling with my hands due to the same disease so sometimes my hands lock up or are trembling a lot when I’m trying to say something in asl, and it’s making it hard for me to do so, so I would love some input from people who have been doing asl longer than me. Thanks!

I’m becoming paralysed and deaf due to a degenerative progressive nerve disease that I have and it’s making me crazy. One of my ears is significantly worse than the other and the sound imbalance is making be constantly overstimulated. As well as the constant tinnitus. I can’t afford hearing aides to fix it. The constant tingling, pain, and numbness that my whole body is experiencing is also just bullshit. I hate it. The lower half of my body and my hands is the most affected but my torso, and face are as well. I can’t even type properly anymore and it feels like torture. I have been diagnosed with autism for quite awhile and I have established coping skills but I can’t even do most of them anymore because I can’t walk hardly at all anymore and one of my stims was shaking my legs. Almost feels cruel…. Any advice is welcomed, thanks for listening to my rant.

Are there any communities or groups of people with disabilities or chronic illness that meet up in Loveland? Would love to get some community support/friends who get my situation.