Learning Brail and Sign Language

So like I am learning both brail and sign language because my grandfather my mother and I all have horrible vision to the point where we could lose our sight later in life (for my grandfather and mother it could happen very soon) my grandfather is also going deaf and I have a couple of cousins who are completely deaf and one cousin who is considered legally blind but like it kinda that most of my family and I have these issues it honestly scares me because my grandfather who is almost completely blind he is still driving and I am so scared that he is going to get in an accident and hurt someone or himself and then my mother is slowly going blind and it makes me sad because she hasn't seen me in fourteen years (so basically my whole life) and my vision is getting worse and worse and I am scared because if my vision goes completely I won't be able to do anything with out any help and I am scared because what if I lose both my sight and hearing what would happen to me to the rest of my family I am scared less because if I lose my sight I won't ever get to see my family friends or anything that I love I wouldn't be able to just look outside and see the beautiful moutains or the wonderful trees and flowers and I just feel bad because a vast majority of my family has horrible vision and hearing and I don't know maybe I seem weird or whatever but I just don't want anyone in my family to go through this anymore since they have all been living with it from birth till now it just I don't know how to explain it sorry for this long post

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emotionalcello
#1
I am so sorry to hear that, and my condolences for what you and your going through. if it helps, there is an app called Memrise, its an app for language learning, and it has sign language, hope it helps
sleepingprince
#2
I'm sorry to hear that. Since its a genetic thing i guess there's nothing much you can do except to pray for a hopeful cure , prepare yourself mentally and physically and try to do and experience as many thing possible while you can. I hope that you'l continue to stay strong and find the courage to live bravely like you already did. I will cheer on you . Never give up