[nfbwatlk] FW: Living with No Boundaries: Meet Elizabeth

Fri Mar 6 21:57:29 UTC 2015

From: Disability.gov [mailto:disability.gov at service.govdelivery.com]
Sent: Friday, March 06, 2015 1:14 PM
To: Nightingale, Noel
Subject: Living with No Boundaries: Meet Elizabeth

With another ‪"No Boundaries" photo shoot just around the corner, we'd like you to meet Elizabeth. We were fortunate enough to hear her incredible story last spring.

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By Stephanie Bostaph, Communications Specialist, Disability.gov

Sometimes you meet someone and know immediately that he or she makes the world a better place. You can’t say why, you just know. That’s how we felt when we met Elizabeth. Maybe it was her graceful presence, light-hearted sense of humor or contagious positivity. Whatever the reason, spending time with Elizabeth was uplifting.

Elizabeth wasn’t born with a disability. She lost her sight unexpectedly nearly 12 years ago during her sophomore year of college. With her dream of being a museum curator derailed, Elizabeth faced the daunting task of figuring out what to do next. She decided to major in sociology and used employment supports to land her first job. Now she works as an information specialist at New Editions Consulting, Inc<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTUwMzA2LjQyNTUxMjIxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE1MDMwNi40MjU1MTIyMSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MDg1OTU1JmVtYWlsaWQ9bm9lbC5uaWdodGluZ2FsZUBlZC5nb3YmdXNlcmlkPW5vZWwubmlnaHRpbmdhbGVAZWQuZ292JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&&&101&&&http://www.neweditions.net/>., a position she learned about through networking.

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