[GreaterPhilly] Visiting the US

[adrijana prokopenko]

 Hi Ivonne,

 Thanks for writing back to me. I was actually in Philadelphia in
98-99, studying blindness courses at the international program of the
Overbrook school for the blind. It was a very memorable time for me
and it helped me gain some great skills I would have never gained back
in my country. Blindness wise, things are extremely hard in Macedonia
in every way, even though so much time has passed after that, but I
hope that with lots of good work from great people many things will
improve, if not for us, for the generations that are coming after us.

 I teach English in a school for blind children and there is not a lot
here when it comes to support, resources, etc, so I mostly braille all
that I need to braille for myself and my students on the brailler. No
one even heard of rehab workers, braille transcribers and such
professions here, so I guess we do whatever we can to help our
students. What do you teach and how do you help students there?

 Adrijana