[nfb-db] Living independently with 70% hearing loss in Rio Grande Valley?
Janice Toothman
janice.toothman at verizon.net
Mon Oct 12 16:17:59 UTC 2015
Geraldo,
Yes you can live independently with as a Deaf-Blind individual with 70%
hearing loss. However, you need good travel skills and support system
to ensure that you can manage to get what you need to get do and go
where you need to go. Whether that means public transportation,
paratransit, friends, church or faith-based organization.
Also, I mention friends because I saw you on the humanservices list
also. I know that having completed my counseling training and am
looking for a job to complete my licensing hours is a daunting task with
out adding a dual disability to the mix. That is where the support of
the friends, particularly Federation Friends can be of enormous help.
Did you get your BA in in psychology in Mexico and now want to apply to
graduate school in the US?
Personally, finding out how other people have coped and lived
independently with the degree of hearing loss is an asset not only to
you but to others.
I enjoyed my independence and used a combination of paratransit, the
campus shuttle system and walking with my guide dog to store for
graceries/pharmacy in the stores right behind my apartments.
It was an awesome feeling to be responsible for my apartment and paying
the bills. All the apartment kids loved my guide dog and wanted to pet
her. She loved the attention, when not in harness because she adores
little kids. Although it was frequently a challenge hearing what people
said, if I did not have my FM System with me. But I did my best and was
upfront about my hearing and vision loss.
Janice
On 10/12/2015 9:45 AM, Gerardo Corripio via nfb-db wrote:
> HI guys
> Is it possible to live independently with 70% hearing loss aside from
> blindness? Also how is the Rio Grande Valley in terms of working
> opportunities, being able to get paratransit etc? Please write me off
> list as not to clutter at gera1027 at gmail.com Thanks for any info.
>
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