Comments on: Getting to know us is to love us http://ahearingloss.com/2009/05/11/getting-to-know-us-is-to-love-us/ A global forum for people with hearing loss Tue, 22 May 2012 22:04:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: kim http://ahearingloss.com/2009/05/11/getting-to-know-us-is-to-love-us/#comment-779 Thu, 14 May 2009 01:53:52 +0000 http://ahearingloss.com/?p=198#comment-779 Wendi,
I feel the same. Though I had been to HLAA meetings before SWC, their meetings were only held monthly and I often couldn’t make it due to my work schedule. It’s the same with ALDA. Since SWC is there all the time I don’t have to worry about scheduling conflicts. If something happens that I need to talk about right then, they’re always there. I joined in back in 2000 and it’s made a world of difference for me. :-)

]]> By: wendiwendy http://ahearingloss.com/2009/05/11/getting-to-know-us-is-to-love-us/#comment-778 Wed, 13 May 2009 13:52:17 +0000 http://ahearingloss.com/?p=198#comment-778 The SWC holds a dear place in my heart, although I left the list back in 2000 or so due to lack of free time. I joined in 1997 and met so many wonderful people there! I even met the man I eventually married, Dave. :)

Bob and Ling generously passed their tickets to ALDAcon in 1999 on to me and Dave when they couldn’t attend — just the nicest people ever!

For a while we used to maintain the group photo album for the list we were on. It was just really a lot of fun and we got to meet (in person) many wonderful people that we knew through the list. The SWC was a wonderful source of support for both of us.

~ Wendi in IL

]]> By: lindabswc http://ahearingloss.com/2009/05/11/getting-to-know-us-is-to-love-us/#comment-776 Tue, 12 May 2009 14:22:40 +0000 http://ahearingloss.com/?p=198#comment-776 A lovely and very true testimony to the lifetime friendships that have evolved from being a member of the SWC. I arrived in 1999, a confused and sad person new to hearing loss, with little or no education in the area, and no understanding of what was happening to me or what my future held. 10 years later, the people who I once clung to for hearing loss support, (although they still do that unconditionally) have become friends first, lifetime friends who have the added bonus of actually ‘getting it’ about me. I now advocate for people with hearing loss in the workplace, and have brought about significant changes in my own workplace. The SWC has allowed me to understand that hearing loss wasn’t the end of my world, after all. As the current president of the SWC Board of Directors, I’d recommend ‘us’ to anyone out there, looking for others like yourselves, people who understand. We hear you! Come see for yourself, at http://www.saywhatclub.com

]]> By: saytheword http://ahearingloss.com/2009/05/11/getting-to-know-us-is-to-love-us/#comment-775 Mon, 11 May 2009 23:44:14 +0000 http://ahearingloss.com/?p=198#comment-775 I have to admit, I joined in 2001 and I’ve never looked back. SWC opened up alot of opportunities for me. I am now the Editor of our online newsletter. Something I always wanted to do but never had the opportunity.

SWC is like a family, you can have a love/hate relationship with some people and know they will all be there for you when you’re going thru your trying times with hearing loss or deafness.

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