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Hi Cheri,<br>
Thanks for the brief intro about this group. And I think you meant
to say "perplexed at first". <br>
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. <br>
<br>
I hope to keep up with certain discussions that I can relate to. <br>
<br>
--Shadow Wolf<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/19/2014 4:53 PM,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Cherifields@aol.com">Cherifields@aol.com</a> wrote:<br>
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<div><font size="4">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.</font></div>
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<div><font size="4">Blessings,</font></div>
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<div>In a message dated 3/19/2014 10:01:19 A.M. Pacific
Daylight Time, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:soulalibi@gmail.com">soulalibi@gmail.com</a> writes:</div>
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transparent" color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2">Thanks
for the clarification. Looking forward to some interesting
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discussions in this forum.<br>
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On 3/19/2014 6:35 AM, Gerardo Corripio wrote:<br>
> This list is mainly talk about deafblind, people who
have both, <br>
> hearing and vission impairments. For instance I start
talking about <br>
> let's say hearing aids, and others chime in by
replying to my EMail.<br>
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> El 19/03/2014 06:58 a.m., Shadow Wolf escribió:<br>
>> Hello Lisa or David,<br>
>> I first sent an email to Lisa Hall, but
unfortunately her email <br>
>> address as provided in this group information
page, did not go through.<br>
>> I just joined the NFB-DB list yesterday. But I am
not familiar with <br>
>> how this list works. I am getting occasional
emails from individuals <br>
>> where I have no clue what the topic of discussion
is about. Or from <br>
>> someone in response to someone else's comment as
part of a broader <br>
>> discussion. Perhaps from before I joined. I
haven't posted anything <br>
>> yet. Until I fully understand how the list works.
Any helpful <br>
>> suggestions?<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks,<br>
>><br>
><br>
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-- <br>
*~Shadow Wolf~*<br>
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