[humanser] Article JD mentioned from the Carolinian

[Jan Bailey]

very good article! Congratulations!

Jan

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From: "Carmella D Broome" <cdbroome at worldnet.att.net>
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Subject: [humanser] Article JD mentioned from the Carolinian


> With permission of Marshall Swanson and the Carolinian,  I am posting this 
> on my blog for those who  don't have access to the print magazine.  The 
> Carolinian is the  Alumni magazine for the University of South Carolina. 
> The picture was great, so I'm told.  Unfortunately, for some reason, Live 
> Journal won't let me upload it here.  It is of me and  Maggie sitting in 
> the grass on the USC horse shoe.
>
> The Carolinian, Bravo section (August 2009)
>
>
>
> Carmella's Quest
>
> New book takes readers into the world of the blind
>
> By Marshall Swanson
>
>
>
> Carmella Broome has been blind since birth, but she holds three college 
> degrees, has a fulfilling career as a licensed marriage and family 
> therapist, and enjoys living independently in her own apartment.
>
>          Her achievements would be noteworthy for any 32-year-old and yet 
> she recently added another one to her already impressive resume: that of 
> published author. Her first book, Carmella's Quest, Taking on College 
> Sight Unseen (Red Letter Press) is an account of her first year as an 
> undergraduate at North Greenville University in 1994-1995.
>
>          "The book was with me for so long it's nice to finally have it 
> see the light of day," said Broome, who received her Ed.S. degree in 
> counselor education from Carolina in 2004 and is now on the staff of 
> Crossroads Counseling Center in Lexington.
>
>          Carmella's Quest began to germinate at the end of her freshman 
> year when Broome came to the realization that her college experience would 
> be the journey that empowered her to earn a fulfilling and productive 
> place in adulthood.
>
> She knew the book would take sighted readers into a world they didn't know 
> about. And she was aware it would be of interest to other blind students 
> and all high school seniors getting ready to enter college.
>
> She didn't write the book with a particular audience in mind, though she 
> knows the subject of visual impairment is what sets it apart from other 
> books and that it will help sighted people interact with blind people.
>
> "I tried very hard to make sure that Carmella's Quest was a balance of 
> blindness-related experiences that others could learn from and more 
> universal emotional and relational experiences that anyone can relate to," 
> said Broome.
> Moreover, she hopes Carmella's Quest will help clarify that the blind have 
> the same ambitions, intelligence, and expectations in life as sighted 
> people and that they don't want to be thought of as helpless or incapable.
>
>          Since publication of Carmella's Quest in March, Broome, a native 
> of Beach Island, has begun recording the book for the S.C. State Library's 
> Talking Book Services for readers who are unable to read standard print.
>
> She's also thinking of a sequel about her life with Maggie, a "very cute" 
> yellow Labrador who has been a beloved guide dog and constant companion of 
> the last 10 years. In the meantime, Broome maintains a blog at 
> CarmellasQuest.LiveJournal.com and can be reached at 
> carmellasquest at hotmail.com. Carmella's Quest is available at 
> redletterpress.googlepages.com and Amazon.com.
>
>
>
>
>
> Carmella Broome, Ed.S., LPC, LMFT/I
> Crossroads Counseling Center
> www.solutionsforlife.org
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