Tag: auditory processing disorder

Crafting Your Own Career Magic: Lessons from My Low-Sensory Job Search

Crafting Your Own Career Magic: Lessons from My Low-Sensory Job Search

Finding jobs and even a career that is right for you is hard enough. Add to it having a genetic condition such as Chromosome 15q13.3 Microdeletion Syndrome, autism, intellectual disability, or sensory/auditory issues can make it even more challenging. I’ve had many, many careers over 

Just Diagnosed? What 15q13.3 Means & What To Do Next

Just Diagnosed? What 15q13.3 Means & What To Do Next

I remember when I first got my genetic test results, which were positive for my youngest daughter and myself having Chromosome 15q13.3 Microdeletion Syndrome.  At first, I was like, “What the heck does that mean?!” However, after speaking with a geneticist as well as our 

15q13.3 Microdeletion Discovery: Why the ‘Volume Knob’ is the Key

15q13.3 Microdeletion Discovery: Why the ‘Volume Knob’ is the Key

As a person with Chromosome 15q13.3 Microdeletion Syndrome, I have always struggled to explain those little things that come so easily to everyone else, but not for me. One of those is filtering out background noises as well as telling which direction a noise is