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[Shadow Wolf]

Hi Cheri,
Thanks for the brief intro about this group. And I think you meant to 
say "perplexed at first".
Anyhow, I have been a Deaf-Blind individual my whole life. I am visually 
impaired with a common eye degenerate known as RP (retinitis 
pigmentosa). I am also hard of hearing (H of H) wearing both a CI and a 
digital hearing aid. But I did not go by this term (Deaf-Blind) until 
2009 when I was first exposed to the Deaf-Blind community. But it took 
me another year to learn to accept the term. I didn't know a DB 
community or such groups existed, until around that time. I'm no 
stranger to the Deaf-Blind realities as I live with it my whole life. I 
just successfully completed my 11 month long training at the Helen 
Keller National Center this past Jan. 31st. And I am fully aware of the 
many needs and challenges we DBs face in everyday life.  My personal 
needs may not be the same as yours and others in this group. For 
example, I am not yet a skilled Braille reader. My skills ended in Grade 
2 Uncontracted Braille somewhere in the beginning of the first couple 
chapters. I prefer to read with my own eyes using the ZoomText 10 
software. That means I may lack some basic knowledge in Braille related 
equipment and associated Braille products.

I hope to keep up with certain discussions that I can relate to.

--Shadow Wolf

On 3/19/2014 4:53 PM, Cherifields at aol.com wrote:
> Hello Shadow,
> My understanding is that it started out to help those of us who had 
> both hearing and vision loss to ask us how we voted and we all gave 
> our responses as to what would help us to be able to vote in 
> elections.  When that was finished this board was to let others ask 
> questions and give responses.  I hope this helps you.  I was somewhat 
> complexed at first and then I just jumped in and answered someones 
> questions or said hello to new members.
> Blessings,
> Cheri Fields
> In a message dated 3/19/2014 10:01:19 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, 
> soulalibi at gmail.com writes:
>
>     Thanks for the clarification. Looking forward to some interesting
>     discussions in this forum.
>
>     On 3/19/2014 6:35 AM, Gerardo Corripio wrote:
>     >  This list is mainly talk about deafblind, people who have both,
>     > hearing and vission impairments. For instance I start talking about
>     > let's say hearing aids, and others chime in by replying to my EMail.
>     >
>     > El 19/03/2014 06:58 a.m., Shadow Wolf escribió:
>     >> Hello Lisa or David,
>     >> I first sent an email to Lisa Hall, but unfortunately her email
>     >> address as provided in this group information page, did not go
>     through.
>     >> I just joined the NFB-DB list yesterday. But I am not familiar
>     with
>     >> how this list works. I am getting occasional emails from
>     individuals
>     >> where I have no clue what the topic of discussion is about. Or
>     from
>     >> someone in response to someone else's comment as part of a broader
>     >> discussion. Perhaps from before I joined. I haven't posted
>     anything
>     >> yet. Until I fully understand how the list works. Any helpful
>     >> suggestions?
>     >>
>     >> Thanks,
>     >>
>     >
>
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