Good afternoon:
I went through Optacon training inPalo Alto in 1972 I think. I'll never forget
my first book, "The Girl Who Knew Rule One".
When I got home from training I went to a book store and bought so many books I
could hardly carry all of them.
Later I became a trainer myself and started a non-profit to help others get
Optacons because I believed the Optacon would open the world. It did for a
deaf-blind woman I trained and me. Because of the Optacon I was hired by
United Airlines and worked for them for 25 years. And because of that, My
daughter and I went to Hawaii, London, Thailand, and Kenya.
I wouldn't trade my Optacons for anything I can think of.
Petra
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From: Carolyn Arnold <4carolyna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Thursday, November 1, 2018 2:54 pm
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: I Can Read Again!
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Oh yes, I forget the name of my first book about a character
named Anne-Louise, and then I read "Amberwood," both paper
backs of my mom's about some pretty terrible characters.
Anne wasn't as bad as Amberwood.
Best regards,
Carolyn
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I did my training in 1982, and my first book was The Moon's
A Balloon, by David Niven.
I used to practice every night, but my breakthrough came
when I bought a very complicated cassette deck, which had
all sorts of facilities on it which you don't see on many
decks, and I got so engrossed in reading the manual that I
forgot about the discomfort in my finger, and from then on I
was able to read for longer periods without getting
irritated.
Peter
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