There are few housing options for auditory disabilities

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I have been prevented from sleeping, working, and studying for weeks at a time by loud or inconsiderate neighbors. The housing for disabled people only really helps the physically disabled.

The housing authority just denied my reasonable accommodations request. My housing voucher doesn't cover the rent of units in nice, quiet cities and neighborhoods.

I can't afford a house or other unit that doesn't share walls with neighbors, and I can't find a job to help me afford it because I can't do long commutes or noisy workplaces and I've moved to the middle of nowhere just to have peace and quiet. I have almost no work history because I was too poor/homeless or disabled to work!

What the hell are people supposed to do? We can't live like this. I guess we just have to work for accommodations like the physically disabled did.

Wow that sucks, I have auditory processing issues myself and that sounds awful.

I don't know if people are okay with me posting this, but if you can look into getting this:
http://www.ablekidsfoundation.org/centr ... solutions/

It works great for me, and completely elevates my auditory sensitivities, which are quite severe, however It is only made one place in the world in Colorado.

How it was explained to me when I got mine was that it slows down the faster ear to the speed of the slower ear so that both ears receive information at the same time and the brain can process it.

Don't be fooled by the name of the organization, it works with teens and adults as well as kids. There is a waiting list.

I know how you feel starkid. Me & my girlfriend are both on the spectrum & she has a Section 8 housing voucher. We live in a townhouse apartment that's rite next to the sidewalk & busy highway & really noisy neighbors on one side.The problems weren't as bad till the neighbors moved in a couple years ago. They listen to their TV & radio really loudly sometimes & they yell at their daughter who sometimes runs around making the place bang. My girlfriend started looking for another place to move to but is having problems finding one that fits her criteria. Don't want neighbors on a large side of the place or on top or underneath us, not next to the sidewalk & the highway or it's on much less busy location. No point moving if we'll have the same problems.