[Ct-nfb] Greetings

Thu May 26 02:27:26 UTC 2011

Hi, please call the office at 860 289 1971 Beth 

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From: ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Bjackel at aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 9:06 AM
To: ct-nfb at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [Ct-nfb] Greetings

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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