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[Cherifields at aol.com]

Hey Shadow Wolf,
 
You are very observant, yes I meant perplexed.  I hope  this group is all 
that you need it to be.
I have Optic Neuropathy, which effects both vision and  hearing.  It is 
hereditary.  My vision has only gotten worse with  age.  I also use Zoomtext at 
a 16 to 24X.  While I took braille 1 and  2 in the past, I haven't any 
equipment either.  My hearing is at a moderate  loss.  I didn't until recently 
consider that I was deaf-blind since I  didn't use sign language like other 
members of my family.  There is no real  neat package to fit into when you 
are not totally deaf blind.  I accept  that I have both hearing and vision 
loss.  Having hearing loss is the only  disability where people get angry at 
you because you don't understand what they  are saying.  
I will be happy to communicate with  you.  
 
Blessings,
 
Cheri  
 
 
In a message dated 3/19/2014 6:00:52 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
soulalibi at gmail.com writes:

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_ (mailto: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_ (mailto: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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