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Escaping the Hidden Prison of Auditory Processing Disorder | Angela Loucks Alexander | TEDxTauranga

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13 steps

and a click

these were the sounds i listened for

because it meant my dad was walking down

the stairs to unlock the basement door

with my next meal

always the same

two peanut butter sandwiches for lunch

two american processed cheese sandwiches

for dinner

always left wordlessly on a chair

outside my room

i wasn't talked to or touched from the

ages of 13 to 17

the years i was locked in the basement

there was no running water downstairs

so buckets were my bath

and my toilet

during long periods in the basement like