[Blindtlk] An update on my Independence

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Yes Danielle I agree with you completely. It's not easy to just pick up and change when you don't know where to go. Everyone has their own life experience.  I know too many people that were terrified just to lose their site let alone know where to get help. We have to be respectful on this list. Thank you Rebecca for sharing and Danielle for sticking up for her. Sharing your experience is one thing but degrading someone else is quite another and cannot be tolerated. 

Ericka
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> On Jun 21, 2015, at 8:26 PM, Danielle Ledet via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hey I like it. Keep up the great work. I know what its like to take
> and be proud of small steps like that. Keep adding as you feel
> comfortable and keep sharing with us.
> 
> Danielle
> 
>> On 6/21/15, Carly Mihalakis via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Afternoon, ms.Johnson,
>> 
>>         That's great for you and it's too bad such opportunities as
>> you had, in most cases, are either unattainable or unrealistic. Good
>> thing Rona has the nerve to share with us all, how her relationship
>> with "independence" is going. Ms. Johnson, why can't we be
>> supportive, rather than caught up in our own accomplishment, when
>> Rona or any other one of our community  has the guts to share?
>> Car At 03:12 PM 6/21/2015, S L Johnson via blindtlk wrote:
>>> Hurray for you.  Why is this a big deal?  Millions of blind people do
>>> these
>>> things every day.  In 1973 just months after loosing my sight I had taught
>>> myself Braille, was traveling independently, graduating from high school
>>> and
>>> setting out as featured soloist on an all American Youth concert choir
>>> tour
>>> to six European countries.  I became blind, picked myself up with no help
>>> and began living an independent life.  So, as I said, what's the big deal?
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Roanna Bacchus via blindtlk
>>> Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2015 5:32 PM
>>> To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
>>> Cc: Roanna Bacchus
>>> Subject: [Blindtlk] An update on my Independence
>>> 
>>> Dear Blindtlk Members,
>>> 
>>> I would like to give you an update on my independence.  This week
>>> I ordered and paid for my own food at the Chick Fil A on the UCF
>>> campus.  I used my student ID card to pay for my lunch.  I also
>>> walked from the parking lot to the library and found the couch
>>> that I uiually sit on.  These are small steps toward improving my
>>> independence.
>>> 
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