[Jobs] New Member

[David Evans]

Dear Jeanne,

Welcome to the list, there are other NFB lists where you may find more pros 
to talk to .

I have RP also and have been legally blind since the age of 16.
Lucky for me that no one ever got around to telling me that fact until I was 
20.  I was working as a Fireman/Para-medic at the time and driving too.
I won a couple of scholarships, which helped get me through college and 
allowed me to work as a Nuclear/Aerospace Materials Engineer.
While in college I worked for Lockheed Space and Missiles, Lunar Rover Labs 
in Sunnyvale California, building and testing the Lunar Rover vehicles that 
went to the Moon in '71-72.
I also worked as a systems engineer on the F-117 Stealth Fighter Program.
This was still back in the days when we used slide rules and not computers 
to help us with the math.
I left Lockheed and worked for a year for the Stanford Research Institute 
and Linear Accelerator doing sub atomic particle research.
I left there to go to work for General Electric Nuclear Energy Division in 
San Jose California.
I even certified welders for GE and did materials testing, destructive and 
non-destructive.
I just learned to do things my own way, even making and developing my own 
sets of tools and aides as needed.

I met my wife, got married, had 2 kids and moved to Florida in '79.
There I worked for a aviation Hydraulics business, where I headed my own 
department designing and building test stands and equipment to test fuel 
controls, A.P.U's, pumps and motors that go on all kinds of aircraft.
I had to leave the job , some years later, after my vision got so bad that I 
could no longer drive at all and Public transportation just did not exist to 
the level that I could use it to get to work.
That was when, after going on SSDI, that I decided to do something about the 
transit problem.
I became a transit advocate.
Now, after 19 years, I went back to work for a transit company called MV 
Transit.
I am the Consumer advocate.  I work on consumer complaints, agency problems, 
Public outreach about the services, organize the local seniors and disable 
so that they have a voice in their own system and promote legislative action 
on the behalf of these groups.
Now you know something about me.  I hope that we will have many exchanges in 
the future.  You might check out the NFB-Talk list and others.
Have a nice day.

David Evans, NFBF
President, Palm Beach County Chapter
Boca Raton, Florida

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeanne Marie Govia LCSW" <jeannegovia at sbcglobal.net>
To: <jobs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 7:39 PM
Subject: [Jobs] New Member


Hi My name is Jeanne;This is my first experience witha  Listserv. I am 
interested in communicating with professionals in general.  I am a blind 
licensed clinical social worker and I presently work  from homein the   out 
patient physical  rehabilitation field.  I  have been in practice since 1985 
and have worked in the fields  of rehabilitation, medical social work, 
geriatrics, home care and hospice, private practice.I have RP and have been 
blind since age 14 but had some sight before; I would like to correspond 
with anyone interested in sharing their experiences either professional or 
personal regarding life as a disabled professional. Regards: Jeanne G.


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