Joy, You said in your last message, "You have one more disability, that's all."
Deafblindness can be a *very* frustrating disability to deal with. Not only does one need to work around a severe visual impairment or blindness, they also have to make considerations for a severe hearing loss or deafness. Unfortunately, many adaptive products aren't designed so that they can be used independently by a deafblind person. To make matters worse, deafblind people make up such a tiny minority of the entire disability population that almost no one listens to or understands our concerns. So please...don't minimize deafblindness by saying it's only a matter of having one more disability. Believe me, I can tell you from personal experience (being deafblind myself) that it's *so* much more than that. Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brenda Mueller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 8:52 PM Subject: Re: [Braillenote] waterproof the BN Well, I'm allowed to post here and even help out people when I know the commands. Just because I'm using voice only is no reason for me not to post. Some of you have even helped me with my command system, before I didn't know the difference between Braille Note, and Voice, Note. I'm not worried about asking questions here. The command systems are similar. I'm even writing in Braille. I think even Braille Note has voice, and people use it at times. Point made. I won't bother to argue with the guy. I'm too busy to worry about it. Have a good evening. Brenda Mueller > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Joy Tilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [email protected] >Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 07:49:04 -0700 >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] waterproof the BN >How is that any different, I'd like to know? You just happen to have one more disability, that's all. >*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** >On 5/20/2004 at 14:25 Todd Patkus wrote: >Brenda, >It has NOTHING to do with colours! You are blind, but I am DEAFBLIND here! > Therefore VN should be out. That is why! >> ----- Original Message ----- >>From: Brenda Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To: Braillenote List <[email protected] >>Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 19:56:07 -0400 >>Subject: Re: [Braillenote] waterproof the BN >>This is nonsense. What because I'm blind noone should speak about colors? >Well, we'll talk about voice. Get used to it. >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >Hey, check out my journal with audio and written entries at http://joyctilton.livejournal.com >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >AIM: little pixy4f6i > Come join the Joy Ride, Mondays and fridays 15:00 to 18:00 UTC, http://interactive.acbradio.org >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
