[Jobs] New Member

Tue Oct 31 18:53:27 CST 2006

David, One of your suggestions to Jeanne was to write a book about her 
personal experiences and advice to others on how to help clients who share 
her situation.  That sounds like a great idea except for one problem, 
getting published is more of a hassle than the majority of people want to 
deal with.  I'm a novelist who has been working on getting published for 
years and I'm still trying.  Many publishers are looking for memoirs if they 
have the kind of lives that sell in the world and some of them even publish 
memoirs if the author can suggest ways in which people with similar 
afflictions can turn their situation around.  Your offer was very generous 
but I thought that you should know that the publishing world is a tough nut 
to crack but to those who make it, the rewards are great!  Judith
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Evans" <drevans at bellsouth.net>
To: "Jobs for the Blind" <jobs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 9:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Jobs] New Member


> Dear Jeanne,
>
> My wife is a property manager for a large property management company here
> in Boca Raton.
> My daughter, the engineer, owns and runs a women only fitness center near
> our home.  We own the business.
> I am sorry that you can not have a guide dog anymore and that you say you
> can not travel independently anymore. Can you tell me why?    Is this due 
> to
> some of your other medical conditions?
> You don't have to answer if you don't want to if this is too personal.
> I just enjoy solving problems and was hoping that I could help in some 
> way.
> We, as blind people, face all kinds of barriers and I love helping people
> figure out how to beat the odds.
> Have you thought about writing books, based on your knowledge, that might
> help other professionals in your field with dealing with their clients who
> have disabilities?  That might be interesting.
> Well, I hope to hear from you again real soon.
> I will be going out of town for a little while on business and hope that I
> have some nice messages from you when I return.
>
> David Evans, NFBF
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jeanne Marie Govia LCSW" <jeannegovia at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "Jobs for the Blind" <jobs at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 8:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [Jobs] New Member
>
>
>> Hi David: Thank you for answering me and thanks for the information about
>> other pages as well. Yes, I am interested in conversing with other people
>> with vision impairments on a variety of topics. I can understand about
>> your
>> RP feelings; I had eye problems for years before losing my sight and then
>> afterwards finding out it was RP; the doctor sent me to Stanford for an
>> evaluation thinking I had a brain tumor and with surgery would regain my
>> sight; hope  no one  goes through our experiences; I have a long work
>> history as well and have worked in all kinds of medical social worker
>> areas.
>> I have my masters, license and an advanced clinical social worker
>> credential; I have one year of law school completed but left because the
>> school falsely advertised that they made accommodations for blind
>> students;
>> no books or anything for the first year; barely passed courses; decided 
>> to
>> leave; pursued social work instead; love my field; have had guide dogs 
>> but
>> can't have them any more; have hearing loss-moderate-many other health
>> problems have to either work from home or do part time work and cannot
>> travel independently any more alone; write again would love to talk; tell
>> me
>> about your wife and girls; backgrounds, careers, etc. Friends Jeanne
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "David Evans" <drevans at bellsouth.net>
>> To: "Jobs for the Blind" <jobs at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 9:51 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Jobs] New Member
>>
>>
>>>
>>> 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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