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1.1 The Present
Hello I am Grant Getz
My chronological age is 22 years.
My biological age I would hope to be 22 as well.
My Psychological age in my mind is slightly older than people with the same chronological age. I feel that my mindset / attitude towards life is more mature compared to my peers.
Normative history graded influences that I can relate with is that I come from a divorced family.
Nonnormative life events are that I became Hard of Hearing at the age of 2 from Menengitis and I learned asl @ 18. -
2.1 Fertility
Me and my wife are both deaf and and old but we have always dreamed of having children. Due to our age we have struggled having a child. We try fertilize while she is ovulating but it still doesnt happen. We saw a genetic counselor that first warned us that there was a close to 100% chance that we will have a deaf baby due to our recessive genes. We tried for a few more months but we then decided to adopt. If we were pregnant we would've taken the parental diagnostic test to check for risks. -
3.1 my health
When I was around the age of 2 I was diagnosed with Meningitis. It was an illness that put my health at serious risk. I had multiple seizures and also lost my hearing in my left ear. They gave me this shot that is supposed to instantly stop the symptoms of meningitis but it did not work. They tried again and thankfully it stopped. This was a point in my life that I was very close to death and I am blessed to still be here. My mom believes that I contrated it from the santa in the mall. -
3.2 Older Adult health
My great grandmother struggled with a lot of health problems. such as Arthrits, dementia, and later in life she was physically disabled because she was legally blind. It all came as she got older and luckily she was very healthy for the first 85 years of her life due to constant exercise along with proper nutrition. -
4.1 my first memory
trying to think of my first memory I ran into some infantile amnesia. I was able to recall a time on christmas day 1997 when "santa" got me one of those fisher price red and yellow plastic tricycles. I remember riding it around the living room in cirlces around my dad it is one of my first memories and it always brings a smile to my face -
4.2 intelligence
I feel that one of my strongest points according to Gardners 8 intelligences is my interpersonal intelligence. Although I have a very small core group of friends I have a large group of people that I consider friends. I have always been able to build relationships and have excelled at communication throughout my life. Empathy has also always been a big part of who I am. throughout my life i find myself engaging with the less fortunate and doing what I can to better their situations. -
4.3 language
my native language is english. My first word was mom and is my native language because that is what my family uses. My mom says I was almost a little over a year old when I uttered my first words in the back seat of her car. -
4.3b language
My second language is ASL. I first signed when I came here to Gallaudet. I remember signing thank you to the people who were setting me up in my dorm for freshman year. It was a difficult start for me and I was challenged to learn a lot in such a short amount of time but I am so happy I took the chance to come here and not only experience a new language but to also experience the deaf community and what it has to offer. -
5.1 B adult attachment
I feel I have secure attachment because I am able to converse and bring up weird situations with the girl I am with and I don't worry about it ever. -
5.3 b gender
I realized at a young age that my sexual identity matched my gender when I had a romantic attraction to my teacher in 1st grade -
5.1 Child attachment
When I was younger I would say I was insecure ambivalent. I tended to be very close to my parents but I would explore occassionaly. My mom says when I was next to her I would hide behind her leg. Which made her think I was insecure but I would also be very outgoing and secure when I would dance on tables. -
5.2 identitiy
I would say I have identitiy achivement, I have been in a committed relationship but I have also came into a crisis that I had to deal with within the relationship. -
5.3 a sexuality
My gender identity/ gender expression matched the sexual matched the heterosexual romantic choice that I have made since a young age. -
6.1 A My family
My parents divorced when I was about 3 years old. I then lived with single parents for the next year and I was able to experience non traditional families. My parents remmarried and I now have two step parents. -
6.3 A Impacted by death
I lost my great grandmother last year. She was someone that was very close to me and everyone went through some sort of greiving. At first I was in denial and I felt it couldn't be true but eventually I was able to find peace of mind knowing she is in a better place. -
6.1 b Birth order
The birth order for my siblings would technically put me in the middle child position but because I am in a family that is seperated both households give me a different role along with my siblings. At my dads house I am the first born while my sister haley is the middle child and my sister hanna is the youngest. I definitely play the leader role while haley is very adventurous/peace maker and hanna is the rebel. -
6.2 Learning disability
My child has been diagnosed with Autism at first I was in denial but I wanted to make sure he/she had a positive outlook on the situation so I acted like it was not something to be worried about. He/she knew she was different than her classmates and she felt a sense of isolation in a public school. I then made sure she was put into a school where she felt "normal" and I also made sure we had an IEP setup for her as well. -
6.3b
When I die. I wish to be cremated and to spread my ashes next to my great grandmothers ashes. I also want a funeral just like hers. We had everyone over at a house near the beach and we all had a celebration of her life. I don't want people to be sad that I die which I know isnt a very easy thing to do but I want them to enjoy their memories of me.
