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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? Ya know even though we got super off topic here, I do appreciate that people are being pretty chill at least, that's really cool.  I thought about jumping in a few times but honestly pretty much all the points here are

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? Well one of my relatives quit, probably took alot out of him. Another one couldn't abd still smokes to this day. That relative who quit is the only person I ever knew or heard of quitting. And I know alot of smokers.So

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? Well one of my relatives quit, probably took alot out of him. Another one couldn't abd still smokes to this day. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/618637/#p618637 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? I'm not denying the negative affects. But if I wanna have a smoke by myself once in a while I can't see the problem. If people wanna bitch and moan about it then let them. I don't much care. I have been feeling a lot

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? Agreed with 65. It's definitely a good idea to understand the seriousness of withdrawal symptoms, though. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/618583/#p618583 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? It is important to remember that even though you may personally have the sort of whatever-it-is to avoid getting addicted to a product which is specifically designed for that purpose, or someone you know may have,

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? A couple cigarettes will make you addicted for life? That's a new one. Also stop making it sound like it's impossible to quit. It, really isn't. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/618574/#p618574 --

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? I've herd many grate things about Perkins School for the Blind, you might want to check that out. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/618347/#p618347 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? I haven't, and I don't intend to.  But my boyfriend for a year used to be a heavy smoker, and his other boyfriend almost died of cancer from smoking cigars, and also there's my uncle who smokes, and my current friend

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? cigars and nicotine lozenges and patches exist and are able to deal with the addiction to a sufficient enough extent that that'd probably be a lot less than you'd think.Nope. That's the short answer. They work for

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? I am not saying let's not ban cigarettes.  I'm saying that banning coffee because it's like cigarettes is a very silly argument at best.Existing smokers would go to the black market for cigarettes if it came to it,

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? Yes, Rich, you did say that. But you also seemed to feel the need to qualify it with "but sometimes these people have done things we don't know about". If you've been around awhile, and I think you have, you've

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? To clarify some of my previous points, yes I completely understand how the addiction cycle of cigarettes/nicotine in general works. I’ve never actually smoked before, but I vape ELiquid with a relatively high nicotine

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? @Jayde, if you read my post, I did say that in some situations, the officers do go too far URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/618057/#p618057 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? Rich, you're right that in many cases, the media won't tell you everything. This is precisely why I dig.However, in a lot of instances, all the relevant facts are there, so the "these people weren't angels" defense

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? Agree with @55. Banning cigarettes won't help.I mean, a lot of drugs like Marijuana are illegal in a lot of the United States, and technically everywhere at the federal level, but guess what? People still use it even

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? Yeah, second-hand smoke is a big problem.  It's not as bad as firsthand of course, but it's still really not great.Also: cigarettes in moderation aren't really a thing.  Coffee in moderation is very much a thing.  And

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? Hi.@Jayde, I do agree that some police do go too far, but keep in mind that the media isn't telling you everything. These people aren't exactly innocent.And as for smoking, it's your life so you do what you want. The

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? Hi.@Jayde, Keep in mind that the media usually isn’t telling you what the people do to make the police do things to them. Sometimes they take it too far, but the person they're interacting with isn't always

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? It does actually. Coffee can cause problems yes, but only to the drinker. Smoke affects others by its nature, therefore it should be totally banned in public places. URL:

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? Ghost,Coffee can, however, cause heart problems down the road. It’s not totally harmless either. And, again, see above regarding assholes smoking around other people without consent, but that doesn’t mean the entire

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? @50yes but in at least California you can probably report them if they're not far enough from your building.  There are lots of local U.S. regs for this now.  Nothing country-wide, often nothing state-wide, but they're

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? 47, coffee on the other hand is very different from cigarettes. It doesn't cause lung cancer in the people who sit around someone drinking it. Just because people get addicted to something doesn't mean it shouldn't be

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? I understand. I just wish that people wouldn't always play the race card. It's terrible and I apologise if I may have come across in a negative way. Thanks for explaining, I think I feel a little better about this

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? I understand. I just wish that people wouldn't always play the race card. It's terrible and I apologise if I may have come across in a negative way. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/618018/#p618018 --

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? And as far as coffee goes? Just think of how a lot of it is sourced. I see problematic elements in a lot of daily consumables: cigarettes, coffee, alcohol, soft drinks, the lot of it, really. We are a consumer culture,

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? @Jayde, the "people of colour" thing is interesting, because in South Africa coloured is a racial category. We've traditionally had four main racial categories: black, coloured, white and indian. URL:

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? Ok so before I even say anything here, I fully agree with the sentiment that people who smoke indoors, around other people, without any form of consent are assholes. It will never bother me personally, but there are

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? Basically what camlorn said. I don't know of any examples of what you're talking about. Can you mention any case where a black person got away with or got a light sentence for murdering a white person? Racial hate

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? yeah.  I will just add that there's a lot of people around here who seem to feel pressure to know who they are and what they want at 16 or thereabout.  No one manages that.  I didn't realize I was gay until I was like

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? Canlorn, you hit on something interesting there.I use Facebook. I have all kinds of fun with YouTube. But I also read articles and do my own research. And a lot of it comes from news sources I don't like. News sources

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? In large cities in the U.S. it's effectively banned, because most new apartment buildings are smoke-free communities and lots of states are starting to adopt regulations about having to be a certain distance from the

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? 40, actually, turkey tried to ban  cigarettes, they did it indoors, but restaurants found a way around it by putting up a tent and claiming that wasn't indoors. Banning cigarettes is a really really good idea. When I

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? @37You only hear what they're saying about you because--you know how they say nothing is faster than bad news?  That's not true.  Nothing is faster than enraging content.  They only hear what you're saying about them,

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? Whenever I see anything related to helping the under dog get a leg up, or when I see support black owned businesses popping up on so many web pages, my first thought is, is this a sincere effort? I get the feeling that

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? Sorry for the double post, but listen to this rendition of the national anthum.https://youtu.be/J_sVuwrN-ro URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/617910/#p617910 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? I completely agree with everyone, but I do have a question.Why is it that we whites only here about what they're saying about us?Why doesn't the government seem to be doing anything about these crimes?I have reason to

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? 35, I do agree immigration is subjective, but the law explicitly not allowing certain things to be done probably does alot to limit that. If op had a college degree, I think he could immigrate, or it would be worth a

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? 35, I do agree immigration is subjective, but the law explicitly not allowing certain things to be done probably does alot to limit that. If op had a college degree, I think he could immigrate, or it would be worth a

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? here's the thing.  I know some of the laws changed in some of the places recently.  But the entire immigration process is subjective and is full of stuff like that.  Whether it's written explicitly that disabled people

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? As for cities that are very accessible, which cities are good generally? I think the ideal ones for a blind person would be accessible, but with a reasonable cost of living so you don't shell out  2-4k a month just for

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? Camlorn, you might want to check out the Canada rule on public charge. They repealed that recently under the new government, so someone disabled shouldn't have a harder time compared to someone who isn't disabled in

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? I've done a little digging into the situation in South Africa. Obviously, said digging absolutely does not substitute for a lifetime of experience, but this is how it looks to me.Apartheid itself is gone, but some

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? Hi. Thanks for explaining everything to me. What really scares me is what is in those videos. While I completely agree with you, those videos make being patient extremely difficult if you know what I mean. URL:

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? @28For what it's worth "I live in South Africa" is going to give you tons and tons of "this person probably isn't racist" points.  I haven't looked into that situation, but it's believable to me.  The U.S. is a little

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? Frankly, I use "people of colour" and "black" sort of interchangeably. In my professional capacity, I stick to the former more often than not, since it's a little safer, but I also know plenty of black folks who would

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? Hi.So, prepare for a very long post.As some of you may know, Africa's population is predominantly made up of, how do I say this?Is it alright to call them black people/blacks? Sorry, I'm not sure about this.Anyway,

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? Vehemently disagree about public schooling. You need an IEP, you need a TVI, and you need your parents to be involved and not be on the sidelines. If you have those things, you'll be good. URL:

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? Admin here.Short answer as to why it would or wouldn't get you in trouble:No, it's very unlikely to get you in trouble. Don't use slurs to refer to people in a derogatory way, try not to demonize whole classes of

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? Forgetting about schools for a moment, there are many reasons why I'd want to leave South Africa.I know this is said about many countries, including the U.S, but South Africa is going down the tubes really, really

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? I went to the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, and it wasn't bad. It wasn't the best, but it wasn't the worst either. Definitely better than public school. Public school is probably the worst thing that could

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? Well look at it this way. Structured discovery is a US exclusive thing, and mostly an NFB exclusive one. You don't need a training center to gain life skills probably,  and most of the world teaches you O in your

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? yeah, but as I've said before: I hate the NFB for lots and lots of reasons, but O is the one thing they do better than anyone.  You'll have to swallow their philosophy while you're there, yeah.  But unless something

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? @GrannyCheeseWheelAnd that's your loss.I don't love the NFB either, but the upsides far outweigh my misgivings.Also, they aren't the only ones who run centers like that... URL:

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? The only thing I know about it is that it comes from NFB which automatically turns me against it. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/617581/#p617581 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? Some of you guys really need to start paying attention to the difference between a classic blind school and a training center which uses the structured discovery method and has blind teachers.The former is common,

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? Some of you guys really need to start paying attention to the difference between a classic blind school and a training center which uses the structured discovery method and has blind teachers.The former is common and

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? I'm just going to go out on a limb and say none of them. That doesn't mean they're all bad but I don't think schools are all that supportive blind or not. That's just my experience. URL:

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? Ok, so the whole scary thing about independant living skills is really overrated.As long as you have money, assist with your household's chores before you move out, and do all of the chores, you have a good

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? Ok, so the whole scary thing about independant living skills is really overrated.As long as you have money, assist with your household's chores before you move out, and do all of the chores, you have a good

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? Ok, so the whole scary thing about independant living skills is really overrated.As long as you have money, assist with your household's chores before you move out, and do all of the chores, you have a good

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? The best school for the blind in the US is that public school (inclusive) which has good support for the blind. Otherwise, it's not worth it going anywhere where it's written special school for the blind.I went through

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? The best school for the blind in the US is that public school (inclusive) which has good support for the blind. Otherwise, it's not worth it going anywhere where it's written special school for the blind.I went through

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? @11I dunno what to say really.  Are they abusive?  If they're not abusive then "I will immigrate to get away" is an extreme response.  It's not going to work anyway, but it's very extreme.  Easier to work on your

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? Everyone I know minus one person who has come out of TSB has been fucked up royally in the head by it. I mean, these are the lowest out of the low of blind people. Maybe they're functional, but they have the social

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? I’m surprised that no one has mentioned “Hadley school for the blind” Hadley.eduThey have remote learning, discussion groups and workshops for free you can get. The staff is very friendly, supportive and helpful with

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? @OP, again, Camlorn's point isn't any less valid. How do you think your going to immigrate to the U.S.? Immigration is an absolute bitch. I wish it were easier, especially for people who (genuinely) want to move to the

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? Okay, let me rephrase. When I say they aren't very supportive, I'm talking more about the fact that they're hard to live with. They just don't understand anything. I don't know how to put it into words, but living with

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? @7If you don't have a supportive home environment, how in the world do you think you're going to be able to immigrate to the U.S.?  I'm not even sure the schools for the blind take foreign students and all the training

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? What camlorn said in post 3.  I stepped in one for a summer session and never went back.  TSBVI may arguably be the best of the lot... I don't know, and I don't care.  It's not for anyone who really wants to become

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? How do you plan to get to the US lol. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/617491/#p617491 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? @5, learning at home is qquite difficult as I'm not in a very positive environment as far as family is concerned, so that's why I want to find someone else to try train me. URL:

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? I am going to be going for the training center for the blind in Lincon Nebraska in a month or two. from what I am hearing they are good. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/617481/#p617481 --

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? Yes, there are, but I wouldn't count on being able to go to another country for it.  You'll want to find something local if at all possible.Also, certified instructors are overrated save for perhaps cane skills and

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? Those are some good points. What would you guys recommend I do? I need to learn these skills and I'd like to be trained by a certified instructor who actually knows what they're doing.Are there any good places like

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? I've heard good things about Texas School for the Blind. But don't do this for independent living skills.  Independent living skills are 2 really intense months of your life at some point, not multiple years.  Only do

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Re: People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? I've heard good things about Blind.inc and NFB Colorado Center, but those aren't exactly blind schools, and the waiting list for exchange students are years long. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/617461/#p617461

People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best?

People who live in the US, what schools for the blind are the best? Hi guys.So, I am wondering about schools for the blind in the US.I'm wondering if a school exists where the staff are supportive, where the facilities are excelent and where independence skills are tought.Thanks guys, any