[nfb-db] inspirational DB people past or present

[The Pawpower Pack]

I read a book on Bookshare.  It was called "Walking Free; the Nellie  
Zimmerman Story."
It was about a DB woman who was placed in an institution after the  
death of her father.  The reason she was institutionalized was that  
nobody else in her family could communicate with her.  She remained  
there from 1958 until 1976.  Eighteen years of imprisonment for the  
crime of being deafblind.

She was discovered by someone who worked with deaf people in the  
institution.  She was soon free.

Nellie was in her 70's when she walked away from the institution.  But  
she didn't let that stop her.  She went to college, got a job, and  
fell in love.

It's really a great story.
If you are interested in her story, you can find the book on Bookshare.

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