[Blindtlk] question for Jessica was re: Common college degrees of employment for blindamericans

[Sarah Baughn]

Jessica, what town do you live in?  I had a friend with whom I have lost 
touch who lived in Winchester.
Sarah
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jessica Kostiw" <jessicac.kostiw at gmail.com>
To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 2:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Common college degrees of employment for 
blindamericans


> 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
>
>
>> -- 
>> Peter
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>> To list:
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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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