Was Called Leprechaun
It never actually stopped per se, but kind of mellowed out and slowed down a pace. As I got older my voice was more clear and it wasn't as obvious that I was deaf/hard of hearing. I never once fought…
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Black, Deaf, and Bullied
The bullying had....slowed down. it stopped for a while but i still freak out about it whenever it is mentioned around me. I started to not take it personally because when someone would say "Shes dea…
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Bullied for Five Years
Grew unhappy and tired being assaulted different student I tried to be nice to them. They do not nice to me. Impossible to solution for long time. I did reported and complained .. No one listen to m…
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Deaf Can Bully Deaf
Of course about destroying self esteem and traumatizing were true but also depression sometimes. It was only short time for me cuz I was gladly moved out of there to back calif. after one year. Then…
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Making Fun of Lipreading
At that time I had no idea what to do and assumed everyone felt the same way. I just walked away from them trying not to cry in public and I would talk to my mother about it when I got home from scho…
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Humiliated for Years
My loving parents, who naturally talked loud, thought my sometimes ignoring them was normal child/adolescent behavior. My Mom got in good with my educators and my Dad told me that I'm better than the…
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Watch Out for the Signs
There was no coping experience. Fortunately, the next door neighbor was the art teacher at the school and after 4 months of torture he saw it happening. He came to quiz me and I broke down and anothe…
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Sometimes Beaten Up
Talking with others about it almost never did anything. The only time it did was when I came home with bruises on me and some hair was cut. The principal came down pretty hard on the kids.But even th…
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