Hi I am 22 years old. I live in Wisconsin, I have been deaf nearly 10 years of my life, but I don't let that stop me from listening to God and letting him use me in my life for his will. I love drawing, painting, using clay or in fact, any medium in art that I can put my hands on to work with for art. I am also an author I am looking to continuing working on children's books for the next 40+ years if possible. As a author I tend to create a children's story based a thought of what I think children love to see and hear even though I am deaf. I was hearing as a child until I was 12 years old and then when I was in school I lost my hearing without cause or notice. I researched for 4 years since my silent day beckoned me to feel as if my future is gone. The damage is from my Cerebral Palsy that only affects my right side but seriously its been affecting my left ear in nerve damage. I am fully deaf and will never hear sounds again, I may wear a hearing aid, but that doesn't mean I can hear anything or everything. People claim I can lipread like wonders heck the only reason I can lipread is because I heard many of the words before my deafness. But still I get only about 40% of the words, that or I use an interpreter that uses sign language. I am a very sweet and ongoing woman, many ask how I can be prepared all the time. I tell them its just me I never like to be unprepared. I am getting bashed on DeviantArt and a loyal friend told me about here with an art site.