Living with a disability

My name's María and I've been blind and deaf since I had an accident. I was going with my family in the car and we crashed with another car. Since then I'm a blind and deaf person and I have to learn to live with my disabilities. I had to learn special skills like reading Braille and the sign language.

Life is different for me because I have to go everywhere with a special dog that guides me and I can't speak well with everybody because the people don't know sign language. I can look after myself but I need help with some things.

There are one or two things which frighten me. When I'm walking alone in the street, for example. Sometimes there are people that laugh at me but I ignore them. But usually people want to help me to cross the street or to go shopping!