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<DIV>Hello List Members,</DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>Sincerely,</DIV>
<DIV>Bernadette</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 5/18/2011 8:16:48 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
SALISBURYJ08@students.ecu.edu writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>Hi
Michael,<BR><BR> 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.<BR><BR>Welcome to
Connecticut!<BR><BR>Justin<BR><BR>Justin M. Salisbury<BR>Undergraduate
Student<BR>The University Honors Program<BR>East Carolina
University<BR>salisburyj08@students.ecu.edu<BR><BR>“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<BR><BR><BR>________________________________________<BR>From:
ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org [ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org] on behalf of Michael
McDermott [mmcderm72@gmail.com]<BR>Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 12:40
AM<BR>To: Ct-nfb@nfbnet.org<BR>Subject: [Ct-nfb] Greetings<BR><BR>Hello to
everyone out there in NFB cyber space. My name is Michael<BR>McDermott, I am
kind of a newby to Ct. since I moved here 2.5 years<BR>ago with my wife from
Boston. I am not new to the Federation though<BR>as I have been blind
since age 8 and I am 39 years old and I have been<BR>apart of NFB for most of
that time, so glad the national organization<BR>exist and so glad to be able
to attend my local chapter. It is nice<BR>to know that there are others
of us out there who had to confront<BR>similar issues and overcome them.
Through this organization and<BR>through the new mailing list perhaps we can
build on all of our<BR>strengths and experiences to help each other. As
I said before I am a<BR>transport from Boston, consequently I have had culture
shock and still<BR>am having it periodically with my transition to CT.
Perhaps my fellow<BR>brothers and sisters can help me with that. Getting
back to why I<BR>moved here, it's because I don't have any living family or
relatives<BR>in Cambridge MA. where I grew up, also I married my wife in
Bristol 10<BR>years ago on May 26, so I wanted to move her back to her home
town so<BR>as to be closer to my new family. I think I underestimated
the<BR>difficulties living in subberbia has for a blind person though as
well<BR>as the various transportation issues. Hope to meet most of you
folks<BR>and I am sure I will adjust after all you folks did! Please excuse
any<BR>negative vibes about CT., it has some positive elements and I do
like<BR>living in Suberbia as aposed to the big city, but am just having
some<BR>issues regarding the loss of independence and the difficulty of
the<BR>terrain.<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Ct-nfb
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