[Blindtlk] traveling

[Ray Foret Jr.]

Wait, just a minute!!!  You're twenty seven?  Let me ask you something.  Am 
I correct in guessing that you're living with your parents?  IF so, let me 
suggest to you that perhaps the first thing you really MUST do is get a 
place of your own.  I cannot emphasize enough the importance of this; 
because, so long as you're living with your parents, (if this is indeed the 
case) YOU, WILL, NEVER be able to obtain the kind of independent living you 
both need and deserve.  Why is it you have no place of your own; even a 
simple apartment?  If you are trapped, as I rather suspect you are, you will 
need to look towards acquisitioning an apartment of your own; and as soon as 
humanly possible.  Bonnie's absolutely right on when she guesses that it's 
your parents who are afraid to let you do anything because you're blind.  At 
least you have the guts to try stuff anyhow.  That's in your favor; even 
though it doesn't feel like it right now.  Bonnie's right about something 
else too.  Strictly from a legal point of view, your parents cannot control 
you.  You are no longer a minor.  This looks like it could get nasty unless 
we can help you break through this somehow.

Sincerely yours,
The Constantly Barefooted,
Ray
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God bless President George W. Bush!
God bless our troops!
and God bless America
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <jaber37837 at cox.net>
To: "Bonnie Ainsworth" <cedarwoman1965 at neb.rr.com>; "NFBnet Blind Talk 
Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 1:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] traveling


I'm 27.

The last time I took off to try and go to the mall, my father followed me
and needless to say, I ended up going home with him the minute I got there.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bonnie Ainsworth" <cedarwoman1965 at neb.rr.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 2:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] traveling


> Jen,
>
> How old are you?  Once you're over eighteen, you're legally an adult and
> they can't try to stop you from living your life.  Sounds like they're
> afraid to let you out of the house because of your blindness?
>
> Bonnie Ainsworth
> Lincoln, NE USA
>
> Access denied ... nah nah na nah nah !
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <jaber37837 at cox.net>
> To: <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>; <community at nfbri.com>
> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 12:52 PM
> Subject: [Blindtlk] traveling
>
>
> Hi
>
> I have a question or perhaps many questions...maybe even issues.
>
> Here's the situation:
>
> I would like to take a trip to New York; around the Syracuse area. I could
> sneak out of the house, take the Ride bus to the airport and fly there,
> but
> then I would get my parents all upset, and they would never trust me
> again.
> Plus, once I got there I could take a cab to the hotel, but then what? The
> only way I can go anywhere is if I go with a friend...I mean that's the
> only
> way I could go without causing an up-roar, but I don't have any friends
> who
> I can travel with, and even if I did, that's a really lousy reason to
> invite
> them to come along.
>
> Is there any way I can get out of my parents' control over me? Is there
> any
> way to do it legally without causing hurt feelings etc? I can't talk to
> them. They don't want to hear it. I've tried.
>
> I just feel like I have to do something different, and I can't do
> anything;
> not as long as I'm here.
>
> Jen
>
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