[blparent] working blind mother

Wed Jan 18 05:07:49 UTC 2012

That is too cool, great job! I could do something like that, but I am very
slow reading Braille, but I guess with your job, you've become fast.

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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 4:27 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] working blind mother

I took the braille transcriber's course from the Library of Congress.  Then
I got some business cards printed up and bought hundreds of postage stamps,
and researched and wrote to every place I could find in this country that
produces braille.  I had a friend who goes to a lot of the braille
conferences pass out cards for me.  Out of those contacts, I got maybe eight
or ten clients, give or take.  It's a good job because I can set my own
hours and be at home, but it didn't just fall in my lap.  And let me tell
you, when you get your sixteenth American history textbook, or a manual on
how to dissect cats--yes, I did proofread that--it can be tedious or
disconcerting.  So I have to be pretty disciplined and make myself work
every day because, like with most any job, you don't work, you don't get
paid.

Jo Elizabeth

"How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young,
compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of
the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all of
these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist

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From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 2:16 PM
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Subject: [blparent] working blind mother

> How and where did you get such a cool job?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
> On Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 10:05 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] lights and sighted children
>
> Most of the braille is still hard copy textbooks that are sent to me 
> in the mail, but I also do electronic braille files with a Type Lite.  
> Then I write reports of where the errors are and how to correct them, 
> and I use Microsoft Word and Jaws for that.  I either mail the reports 
> back to the agencies with the braille, or send the reports by e-mail 
> and recycle the braille paper.
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> "How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, 
> compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and 
> tolerant of the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will 
> have been all of these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, 
> American scientist
>
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> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 8:59 PM
> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] lights and sighted children
>
>> So do you do this with a screen reader or Braille? Or something else?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org 
>> [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>> On Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
>> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 6:36 PM
>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] lights and sighted children
>>
>> Hi.  I proofread braille, mostly textbooks.
>>
>> Jo Elizabeth
>>
>> "How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, 
>> compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and 
>> tolerant of the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you 
>> will have been all of these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, 
>> American scientist
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
>> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 12:57 PM
>> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] lights and sighted children
>>
>>> We opted out of the ointment as well.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>> [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>> On Behalf Of jan wright
>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 11:41 PM
>>> To: blparent
>>> Subject: [blparent] lights and sighted children
>>>
>>> thanks to all who responded.
>>> Good information about the eyes and sight development: thanks.
>>> and, yes, keeping them off is cheaper and preferable, but not anymore.
>>> And, I get excited knowing what Azaan might be seeing and might want 
>>> to interact with.
>>> Hey, I just might have to set an alarm: -- "lights off at this time"
>>> to remind me.
>>> I like the timer on your lights idea, but don't know how to do it.
>>> someone's DH must be a "Bob the Builder" kind of guy. (smile)
>>>  (smile)
>>> We opted out of the ointment because it is to prevent infection from 
>>> sexually transmitted diseases. since many mothers either don't know 
>>> that they have Ghonoreah or Klimydia, Doctors give it to all the 
>>> babies -- just in case, just like the Vitamin K shot to clot the 
>>> blood, in case you are going to circumcize or the HepB vaccination 
>>> --[do you know how it is transmitted and the actual likelyhood of your
>>> infant getting this disease??],   which is another thread entirely.
>>> My point is that this ointment does not need to be given to babies 
>>> whose parents are certain that they don't have these two STDs 
>>> because Mom has been tested during pregnancy and no one has been 
>>> fooling around. I am a bit offended that the assumption is that I or 
>>> my husband are too ignorant to know whether we have an STD or too 
>>> irresponsible to care.  There are also side effects to the ointment, 
>>> if you want to google them.... for any preg parent.
>>> anyway, the information about sight development is quite helpful!
>>> THX.
>>>
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