[Blindtlk] Introduction.

[Mary Mc Gee]

Dear Julie;
	Yes, the gloves are an option here and that's good.  We wanted more,
however.  
	You sound like you use your cell phone about as much as I used mine
before I decided to be rid of it.  The only times I used it were when
calling cabs when I visited a client couldn't or didn't use our bus system.
I was paying a reasonable amount for the many minutes I had on the thing,
but I just didn't use it enough to justify it.  Moreover, I couldn't read
the screen and the guy at the store where I bought it was ignorant about
accessibility, so I just let it go.  After talking to Mike Barber and Curtis
Chong, I've learned that I could have been more choosey and gotten a better
one.  Oh well, maybe someday. . . 
	I kind of feel cell phones are a bother additionally because
someone's is always ringing or someone is talking instead of paying
attention.  I go to a lot of meetings and, when I'm the Chair, cell phones
are turned off.  
	Where in NE are you?  Are you near Nebraska City?  I know the
equivalent of the Iowa Braille School is there.  
Sincerely,
Mary


-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Julie J
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 1:00 PM
To: Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Introduction.

Mary,

Welcome!   I'm Julie, currently living in eastern Nebraska with my farmer 
husband and teen age son.  I work as the juvenile diversion coordinator for 
the county.  An adult diversion program is in the works.  Hopefully  it will

be approved.  I'm rather looking forward to working with a different group 
of people.

I didn't get a cell phone until about 6 months ago.  I think I've made 3 
calls on it and it has never rung.  I only turn it on or use it at all when 
I travel out of town.  It's comforting knowing my family can contact me when

I'm away.

There is a museum in southeast Nebraska, the Homestead National Monument, 
that has recently made a lot of effort in making it's displays accessible to

blind/visually impaired people. I thought I had a link, but I can't find it.

anyhow one of the things they have implemented is that blind people can 
touch the displays when wearing cotton gloves.  I don't know if that is an 
option for your sculpture garden or not.

Again, welcome to the list!
Julie






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