[nabs-l] A bit on myself

[Gerardo Corripio]

  HI guys, especially what a surprise that Sony welcomed me in Spanish! 
Thanks for this welcome! Anyway a bit on myself, with apologies of not 
wanting to sound like an autobiography: I was born October 27 1977 here 
in Tampico in the gulf of Mexico; I was premature at 28 weeks, thus my 
blindness was because of having too much oxygen in the incubator. I also 
have a 70% hearing loss, not knowing exactly what caused it of being 
premature, or of an maltreated ear infection when I was around five or 
six; I've been using hearing aids for almost 28 years to try compensate. 
Even though I hear kind of OK, I can't be out on my own on the streets 
because I can't distinguish right/left and other audio cues. Anyway time 
passed, and my folks began to worry how i'd go to school, especially 
because they say I was very curious and very active; wanting to 
learn/explore the world! Let me share a little story I remember when I 
was around three or so if I may before continuing with my minibiography: 
I made a hole in the stereo's speakers thinking that the voices I heard 
from the children's records (those big ones that used a needle to play) 
were actual people! Anyway continuing with my story: My parents (this 
was in the beginning of the eighties) started looking for a blind school 
in different cities here in Mexico, but they weren't so convinced of how 
they treated the kids, and upon a suggestion of a family friend, they 
left everything and moved to the US, where I attended school up to high 
school, learned the blindness stuff, started on technology, thus 
prepared me for confronting the real world. However I always had this 
longing to come back, especially to help better the quality of life of 
the blind here in my country, and thanks to the internet now, maybe 
worldwide,but more on that later. I now see how important is everything 
I was taught as a student, but OK maybe they didn't teach me some basics 
like the Slate/Stylus, or maybe my parents didn't have appropriate 
orientation/support by other blind adults on real expectations, but at 
least I learned the basics, right? Thanks to these, I returned here, 
feeling very prepared thanks to what I'd learned in school in the US, to 
begin the adventure of changing the way of the blind here in Mexico! I 
started university here in my hometown, being the first ever blind 
Psychology major to graduate; yes many obstacles like not knowing (this 
was in around the late 90s early 2000 when the Internet was just 
starting) how to adapt psychological tests, thus I feel maybe I didn't 
get all I could have of my studies because of the teachers not knowing 
how to adapt classes like Psychological testing and others, but at least 
I tried getting out what I could. My thesis was on the Adaptive process 
blind adults have to endure in order to accept blindness if that's of 
interest mentioning on here since it's a Student list.
I don't know if it happened to you guys when graduating from college, 
but several months I was kind of depressed of OK now I'm done studying, 
what do I do? I clearly remember those weeks/months upon graduation how 
time was very very slow! Stay tuned! In another EMail (I think I've made 
this long enough but hope not to bore you guys, rather enrich) I'll 
continue my story.

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Enviado desde mi lap
Gerardo J Corripio Flores Psicólogo, Terapéuta Reiki
Saludos desde Tampico, Tamaulipas México
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