[Ohio-Talk] adjusting to blindness experience

[Kathy Pingstock]

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> On Oct 21, 2019, at 11:43 AM, Dave Bertsch via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Oh I know that chapter up there in Cleveland is always looking to serve and help, they have an outstanding President and leader!
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Suzanne Turner [mailto:smturner.234 at gmail.com] 
> Sent: Monday, October 21, 2019 11:39 AM
> To: 'NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List'
> Cc: 'Dave Bertsch'
> Subject: RE: [Ohio-Talk] adjusting to blindness experience
> 
> Dave,
> 
> Thank you for sharing! If you have members who would like for the Seminar to
> be conducted, let us know and we will do our best to accommodate.!
> 
> Cleveland is always seeking an opportunity to give back!
> 
> Suzanne 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Dave Bertsch via
> Ohio-Talk
> Sent: Monday, October 21, 2019 9:15 AM
> To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Dave Bertsch <dwbertsch at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [Ohio-Talk] adjusting to blindness experience
> 
> Ohio, our newest member in Akron Jamie, attended the Adjusting to Blindness
> workshop in Cleveland a few weeks ago. She was ill this past weekend and
> missed our meeting, so could not share her experience with our chapter, but
> she has told me about her day at the event. It sounds like a tremendous and
> valuable experience for her and her husband Curt, one that I hope we see
> again soon. I asked her if I could share what she told me about it with our
> members and here are her comments:
> 
> Dave, absolutely, it was so much information I needed a night and the day to
> rest. We were able to download an app NVDA onto my laptop and I'm currently
> using it now. However, my fingers type faster than it says the letters I
> type. LOL. It reads everything, even Facebook. This app was recommended by
> Eric Duffy. I met Eric and his wife Shelly, I also met Richard Payne,
> Suzanne Turner, and many others. We began with information about the NFB,
> introduced ourselves and said how long we were blind, what we expected to
> get out of the day in 60 seconds. There was quite a bit of joking and
> laughing, but also lots of learning experiences. After lunch we broke up
> into groups.
> 
> For O & M I was with Jackson and Shelly who worked with me on the correct
> way of holding and using the cane inside a building and outside. He
> explained about clicking your fingers or tongue to listen to sounds. They
> went over going up and down steps and how Curt is to help me correctly if I
> need the help because of balance.
> 
> Our 2nd group was computers which Eric and I spoke about NVDA, JAWS, OOD,
> and my current SSD case. Just in these short 50 minute sessions I still
> couldn't believe how much I learned. But they all repeated how you have to
> practice, which I left encouraged especially after hearing their individual
> stories and how they went through denial, anger, etc, the grief process as I
> was taught when I when working as a nurse.
> 
> Our 3rd group was about assistive devices and a little on cell phones, we
> did a bit research and got my phone to talk and annoy me, but they all said
> it will take time to get used to.
> 
> My last session was braille. I was very interested in this since I always
> learned you should have a back up plan cause you never know when you may not
> have electronics available to you. I can't wait to see what is in the
> Columbus agenda for the convention. Thanks for everything.
> 
> End
> 
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Jamie‘s testimony was awesome I would like to do this even though I’ve been blind for about 30 years there’s always something new that you probably don’t get taught or learn I would like to do this sometime with Bob will this be offered again. I  I am  kind of  limited on doing and getting involved since I fractured my collarbone but hopefully my shoulder and arm will be healed in a couple months I really want to get more involved with so much. and I think it would be good for Bob since he is cited to understand more as well.


Kathy