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

[Sarah Baughn]

Okay.  Gotcha.
Sarah
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jessica Kostiw" <jessicac.kostiw at gmail.com>
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Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 3:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] question for Jessica was re: Common college 
degreesofemployment for blindamericans


>I live in McLean.  It's a good hour east of Winchester.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: " Sarah Baughn" <sarahb006 at comcast.net>
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> Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 2:02 PM
> Subject: [Blindtlk] question for Jessica was re: Common college degrees 
> ofemployment for blindamericans
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>> 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
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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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