[Ct-nfb] Greetings

[Bjackel at aol.com]

Hello List Members,
 
I just wanted to take a moment to introduce myself.  My name is  Bernadette 
Jackel and I have a soon-to-be 20 year old son with CVI.   Although he is 
not blind, he functions at the definition of blindness especially  in new 
environments and learning new skills.  He currently attends  Perkins School for 
the Blind where he has been since 8th grade due to our  district not 
understanding his visual impairment.  He will graduate from  Perkins in June, 
2012.  We are in the process of transitioning him into  adulthood, not too 
dissimilar to what we are going to be doing for our daughter  who graduated this 
past Monday from Boston College.  That being said,  there are things we need 
to do for our son that we will not have to do for our  daughter.  He is 
capable of living independently with some support, can  hold a job, although 
unlikely it would be a job that will fully support  him, and have a life that 
is his own.  We are I would appreciate ANY  and ALL advice you can give us.
 
Sincerely,
Bernadette
 
 
 
In a message dated 5/18/2011 8:16:48 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
SALISBURYJ08 at students.ecu.edu writes:

Hi  Michael,

I know what you mean about the public  transportation in the Boston area.  
I spent 2 summers during high school  at the Carroll Center for the Blind in 
Newton, MA, and I came to really love  public transportation.  I grew up in 
a little town of 6,000 people in  northeastern Connecticut, and I had 
barely ever experienced public  transportation until that time.  It was so 
liberating.  We do have  towns in Connecticut with public transportation, but 
Bristol might not be one  of them.  What Bristol does have, though, are some 
great public high  schools and ESPN.  I encourage you to come to our state 
convention in  November so that we can all get to know you.

Welcome to  Connecticut!

Justin

Justin M. Salisbury
Undergraduate  Student
The University Honors Program
East Carolina  University
salisburyj08 at students.ecu.edu

“Never doubt that a small  group of thoughtful, committed citizens can 
change the world; indeed, it’s the  only thing that ever has.”    —MARGARET  
MEAD


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From:  ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org [ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of 
Michael  McDermott [mmcderm72 at gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 12:40  AM
To: Ct-nfb at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Ct-nfb] Greetings

Hello to  everyone out there in NFB cyber space. My name is Michael
McDermott, I am  kind of a newby to Ct. since I moved here 2.5 years
ago with my wife from  Boston.  I am not new to the Federation though
as I have been blind  since age 8 and I am 39 years old and I have been
apart of NFB for most of  that time, so glad the national organization
exist and so glad to be able  to attend my local chapter.  It is nice
to know that there are others  of us out there who had to confront
similar issues and overcome them.   Through this organization and
through the new mailing list perhaps we can  build on all of our
strengths and experiences to help each other.  As  I said before I am a
transport from Boston, consequently I have had culture  shock and still
am having it periodically with my transition to CT.   Perhaps my fellow
brothers and sisters can help me with that.  Getting  back to why I
moved here, it's because I don't have any living family or  relatives
in Cambridge MA. where I grew up, also I married my wife in  Bristol 10
years ago on May 26, so I wanted to move her back to her home  town so
as to be closer to my new family.  I think I underestimated  the
difficulties living in subberbia has for a blind person though as  well
as the various transportation issues.  Hope to meet most of you  folks
and I am sure I will adjust after all you folks did! Please excuse  any
negative vibes about CT., it has  some positive elements and I do  like
living in Suberbia as aposed to the big city, but am just having  some
issues regarding the loss of independence and the difficulty of  the
terrain.

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