[nfb-db] inspirational DB people past or present

[Sammons, Elizabeth]

Hi, Janice and all list friends,

As an FYI, my mother was an army kid in Japan during the early 1950s, and she got to meet Helen Keller then.

When I was growing up blind, I went to a blind camp, Camp Wapanacki in Vermont. We had 2 deaf/blind girls in my cabin, and I felt sorry I cold not communicate. One of the counselors took the time to teach me the manual alphabet, and I actually was able to communicate a little with them afterwards. Looking back, I laugh, because it simply never occurred to me that there could be a barrier I couldn't overcome, I just thought of them as kids I wanted to know. I think I was ten, and I never forgot the alphabet, and when my sighted/hearing daughter was little, I also taught her the alphabet so we could have a silent conversation when walking, etc.. So that's my story and the inspiration were the two girls, Janine and Jamie, that I was able to talk with, plus the caring counselor who believed we could do it.


Sincerely,
Elizabeth

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