[nagdu] New Member

[Tamara Smith-Kinney]

Hi, Will!  Welcome to the Adventure!  /grin/

I'm Tami (pronounced Tammy, but thanks to JAWS, I answer to Tommy, too,
which is fitting since I am an unredeemed Tom Boy and plan never to
change!).  I am working my first guide, an owner-trained poodle named Mitzi.
She will turn 5 in June.

I have been and am losing my vision to RP, so by some definitions I've been
"blind" since before I was diagnosed in 1967 or 1968.  I've been legally
blind since 1999, and lost the ability to read print for sure sometime in
2005...  Depending on how you define "read" and "ability to."  /grin/

Anyway, since it was pretty clear I was identified by others as "blind" once
I ditched the glasses (and the headaches from trying to use them!), I count
Mitzi's birthday (June 14, 2006) as my "blind birthday" so I've been blind
for nearly 5 years...  So that's been different.  /smile/

Anyway, welcome!  I look forward to hearing more about you and your dog and
your adventures in life as blind person, which you have probably noticed by
now have less to do with your blindness itself than with how people react to
it.

The adventure continues!

Tami Smith-Kinney

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of William Burley, III
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 8:16 PM
To: NAGDU
Subject: [nagdu] New Member

Greetings all!

 

My name is Will Burley.  I'm a member of NFB Texas, Houston Chapter.  I've
been blind for about three years and have been a guide dog user for about a
year.

 

My pup's name is Gypsy and we trained at The Seeing Eye.  Gypsy will be
three in late May.  I will also!  LOL!

 

Well, I look forward to the list and being involved with the division as a
whole.

 

Will

 

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