[nfb-db] Living independently with 70% hearing loss in Rio Grande Valley?

[Gerardo Corripio]

  Yes that's the idea of continuing my studies, or work in the field, 
but since this will stray off-topic, what's your EMail to contact each 
other privately and I'll give more details etc?

El 12/10/2015 11:17 a.m., Janice Toothman via nfb-db escribió:
> 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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Gerardo J Corripio Flores Psicólogo, Terapéuta Reiki
Saludos desde Tampico, Tamaulipas México