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

[Jessica Kostiw]

I live in McLean.  It's a good hour east of Winchester.
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Subject: [Blindtlk] question for Jessica was re: Common college degrees 
ofemployment for blindamericans


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