[Nfb-utah] new member intro

Thu Apr 1 17:58:41 UTC 2010

Good morning Charisma, David, and fellow listers.

I apologize for not responding yesterday but with school and family life, I can become rather busy.

Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Kevin. I work and go to Salt Lake Community College. I am also a proud father of four boys who are extremely busy. Addition to myself being blind, three of my children are as well. 

Charisma, I am fully aware and in tune with the many struggles we encounter on a daily basis. 

I currently serve as a board member for the Utah Association of Blind Students and we are always looking out for fellow students and ways in which we may be of assistance. You are more than welcome to write me off list at cowboy0210 at yahoo.com if you would like any information or advice or even to just chat.

Best Regards,

Kevin Ledford
Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

-----Original Message-----
From: "davidw" <dwermuth1 at earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 10:13:17 
To: NFB of Utah Information and Discussion List<nfb-utah at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Nfb-utah] new member intro

Hello Charisma,

This list doesn't seem to be to active.  Feel free to write to me off list 
at, dwermuth1 at earthlink.net and we can chat.  I lost my sight in 1995 and 
feel your frustrations even though you have some sight.  I worked as a Voc 
Rehab Teacher and Independent Living Specialist before starting my business 
and may be able to offer you some advice and real life experiences.

Take Care,

David Wermuth
www.atozadaptiveaidz.com
Email / David at atozadaptiveaidz.com
Phone (352) 593-4915
Toll free (877) 759-7173
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charisma" <grey3098 at yahoo.com>
To: <nfb-utah at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 12:02 PM
Subject: [Nfb-utah] new member intro

> Hello. I am not entirely sure what this list is about so I thought I'd be 
> polite and introduce myself in case it would be rude not to.
>
> My name is Charisma. I am a single mom of one, living in SLC. I am looking 
> for a group to talk with about vision struggles. I am at the stage where I 
> am angry about it all, and rather frustrated by not being able to get the 
> items I need to due to prohibitive costs and ridiculous (in my opinion) 
> limitations on the definition of blindness. My physical vision is 
> basically normal, corrected with glasses for nearsightedness. However, 
> since a brain injury I have extreme light sensitivity that makes it 
> miserable to keep my eyes open all the time or use them a lot. And because 
> it was a central brain injury, since then my brain has difficulty 
> translating the visual words into their meanings. In my view these add up 
> to a functional blindness that, while not as much as folks with physical 
> low-vision or blindness struggle with, still affects my life in many of 
> the same ways. I basically want to scream.
>
> I have learned Braille I and most of II though I cannot feel it on 
> paper--just on the display with the pegs set at very firm--but I do not 
> own a display--I was just able to use a friend's when she came over every 
> few weeks to tutor me a bit in Braille.
>
> I am hoping there are options I have not encountered that may help ease 
> this trapped feeling.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Charisma
>
>
>
>
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