[nfb-db] Living independently with 70% hearing loss in Rio Grande Valley?
Janice Toothman
janice.toothman at verizon.net
Mon Oct 12 18:18:55 UTC 2015
Janice toothman
Janice.toothman at verizon.net
On 10/12/2015 12:26 PM, Gerardo Corripio via nfb-db wrote:
> 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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