ok. hoping getting personal isn't going to happen too often

I'm 100% deaf - which is rare even within the deaf community; @deaflibertarian does have hearing aids. for me it's zilch

I have extreme physical speech impediments

On top of that, I have expressive dysphasia which means I can't even sign correctly 

it adds up to: 

I can't fully express myself at either a physical or mental level, ergo needing to use AAC

I never had any expectations of being heard

you all make me feel like you want to hear me

and some of my greatest heroes reached out to me too

this is unbelievably humbling in a way that is impossible to express