People with this disability find it very hard to block out competing noises. For example, if a person with this disability was having a conversation with another person, and a fan was blowing in the room, the person with the disability might not be able to block out the fan and lose the conversation. A noisy class environment could make it tough.
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Related By the side of the everlasting Why there is a Yes--a transitory Yes if you like, but a Yes. E.M. FORSTER Every person with a disability is an individual. ITZHAK PERLMAN We want to make the community aware that everyone has the right to be buried with dignity, whether y... DONALD ROBERTS I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES I am often asked how it is that I am able to value people to such a deep degree. Apparently, I exhib... C. JOYBELL C. I do not identify as a person with a disability. I'm a disabled person. And I'll be a monkey... STELLA YOUNG Do no look for that ideal person to be with, be that ideal person. JEFFREY FRY Labor should not be about creating monuments on hills or statues in parks. Labor's monuments and... BILL SHORTEN Great balls of fire. Don't bother me anymore, and don't call me sugar. MARGARET MITCHELL You wouldn't walk with your underpants stuck in your bottom, you'd adjust them. So don't treat the i... CONVERSATION WITH APIGEON I'm a thinker. That is what I do, in great depth and detail, every waking moment of the day. I like ... BRIAN HERBERT Unification of differences is power. SHESH NATH VERNWAL Ladies,Please dress how you would like to be approached and talked to. Don't dress like a hoe and ex... UNKNOWN All day long you sit and sew, Stitch life down for fear it grow, Stitch life down fo... EDITH SITWELL Daring to dream is not difficult, it's making them come true that is hard... NANETTE L. AVERY Dive into the river of the present, but don't thrash about, go with the flow. JIM GENOVESE If the barriers of society did not exist, a disability would not be a disability. DONNA FORREST As a teacher, your job is to motivate your unmotivated student. This is how you shape the future SOTONYE ANGA Why ruin my sister's birthday simply because the entire planet was going to hell in a hand basket? T.C. BOYLE People themselves makes a lots of mistakes and still loves himself,
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