[Blindtlk] Common college degrees of employment for blind americans

[Peter Wolfe]

On 6/3/10, Jessica Kostiw <jessicac.kostiw at gmail.com> wrote:
> Peter,
> Interesting that you bring up places to live which have great
> transportation... transportation is something that has been on the forefront
> of my mind since I recently moved to northern Virginia.  If you live along
> the metro line things are great... if you don't... they are awful!  I live
> and work off the line.  I would love to talk and exchange ideas of where you
> have found to be good places.  The ACB put out a list of the best blind
> friendly places to live about five years ago.
> The ones I remember were: Lewisville KY, New York NY, Lacrosse WS, Charlotte
> NC, and Portland OR.  I do not believe that transportation should be the
> only concern, but it is a factor.  I just now flew in from visiting a blind
> friend in Oklahoma City.  She is married with a 3-month-old baby.  Tanya
> works as a itinerant counselor for the city.  I am amazed at how she makes
> it work.  Public transportation helps, but is not always a necessity.
>
> Jessica
> jessicac.kostiw at gmail.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Wolfe" <sunspot005 at gmail.com>
> To: <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 6:45 PM
> Subject: [Blindtlk] Common college degrees of employment for blind americans
>
>
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>> Peter
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>>
>>   It's Peter again with another general question about blind
>> professionals. The last question was about the best city to be moving
>> to after college with a small family. Now, I've been wrestling with
>> this decision so I'd like you to really give me some serious feedback
>> about this matter. First off, I use a speech synthesizer, read
>> braille, use public transportation and have only a few really strong
>> points. My major hobbies are history, political science, computers and
>> programming, traveling, cooking, languages, etc.
>>    My major concern is in deciding what my final major is going to be
>> in the United States. My cities that I want to move are as follows:
>> Raleigh, North Carolina, Boston Massachusetts, St. Paul, Ninnesota,
>> Tallahasse, Florida, Bloomington, Indiania, Denver Colorado, Bolder,
>> Colorado, San Diego, California, Seattle, Washington, Portland,
>> Oregon, and or other places unforseen right now. Ultimately I want to
>> own a small house so the bigger cities are off in the long run. So, I
>> grapple with tthis issue of whether or not I can do it or not being
>> blind. I can't see print, mobility minor problems and such things such
>> as that. But the main thing is whether assistive technology, policies
>> and procedures can be done in a ever changing world in which we live
>> in. I would like to move in a place that has a catholic community of
>> several parishes in the area as I'm going to be going through RCIA
>> program in the future. Plus the strength of enduring through lots of
>> computer courses like one that I took that are terribly visual in
>> theme and job makeup. I'd appreciate any majors in the undergraduate
>> level like by a weeks time and no later. My current major is social
>> science/history education and the issue there is with the policies,
>> procedures, pay and benefits, independence, discipline, maps and
>> graphs for history and that is it. Unless you guys know of something
>> else that would help.
>>
>>
>> sincerely,
>> Peter
>>
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I will quote for you Jessica
"But the main thing is whether assistive technology, policies
and procedures can be done in a ever changing world" that is what I
exactly said. This is why I have exceptional reading ability as that
equal to a lawyer. I approach things in a multifasceted way. By no
means am I saying public transportation is the end all be all
approach. The allogations leveled at me over that issue are insaine. I
quoteed for you and I'd like to talk to perhaps but I continue to
support the bigger cities. The thing is that urban areas serve down
town but then the services as you mention die down where the suburbs
are. The inner city is cheaper with more crime, and etc. However,
suburbs have much nicer neighborhoods and have less crime but little
public transportation.