Today I had a discussion with Mr. De B. again. It started out about exams and the talk with Jan. I mumbled in agreement as De B. supposed the discussion had gone well. It did, in the ways that I think are important in getting stuff done. Then, we got to speak about applying for [...]
Archive for March, 2005
Feelings about Next Year and Arranging My Own Stuff
Posted in College / University, Personal on March 31, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Sadly Remembering Terri Schiavo
Posted in End-of-Life on March 31, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
I heard on the five-o’clock-news that Terri Schiavo has died. I’m so sad to hear it. And I’m angry. Michael Schiavo even fought to have his wife be killed of starvation. Makes just no sense! Even my Dad, who, unlike me, supports euthanasia, wonders what objections there are to keeping Terri alivee. And now she’s [...]
Is Blindness Merely a Characteristic?
Posted in Blindness on March 27, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
The article Blindness: Handicap or Characteristic? by Kenneth Jernigan poses some interesting questions to me. The philosophy that blindness is only a characteristic, like age, intelligence, looks etc., seems to make sense, for each of these characteristics has its limitations. One would say that blindness has no advantages, whereas for example being twenty or forty [...]
Thoughts about Independence
Posted in Blindness on March 26, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
I was just reading an article entitled The Nature of Independence by Kenneth Jernigan. In it, Jernigan replies to some students at a rehab centre and other people, asking him why he had been walking with a sighted person at an NFB convention. They said that it was wrong to “walk sighted guide”. To this, [...]
So Little Hope Left for Terri Schiavo
Posted in End-of-Life on March 25, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
The Dutch media claim that there’s no hope for Terri Schiavo, now that the federal court has rejected her case and some judge in Florida does not want to admit her to state custody. Yet the headlines at Terri’s Fight still seem to be hopeful. Maybe the people remain hopeful till Terri has died. A [...]
Rants about Yesterday’s Discussion with Jan
Posted in College / University, Personal on March 24, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Jan (the folk who reaches out from the blind school to our school) is going to call the disability services person at Radboud University to make an appointment for me to speak with this person about next year. Also, the IBG sent the application forms. Why is it making me feel bad? I used to [...]
Commentary on the Terri Schindler-Schiavo Case
Posted in End-of-Life on March 21, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Why are they always the liberals or progressives that want to “end suffering” by killing people, even without their own consent? The media in this country keep informing us that they’re mostly Republican politicians that want to keep Terri Schindler-Schiavo alive. And since most Dutchmen would be Democrats, if not more left-wing people, we’re supposed [...]
About Comparing My Situation to That of 1998 or 1999
Posted in College / University, Personal, Rehab, Special Education on March 17, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
I’m comparing this year to 1998 and 1999. Sometimes, I want to compare it to 1999, being hopeful that next year (sorry, this September) I’ll be in college doing fairly well (or pretending to do so). Then I suddenly realize the date, and I know I’m behind on my “schedule” if I had to act [...]
College Woes and Loo Erf Update
Posted in College / University, Personal, Rehab on March 17, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
So, where to go from here? The folks at Het Loo Erf want to do an evaluation. That means it’s at least quite likely they can help me, otherwise they would not waste all that time on me. Mum says they have to get money, too. What a stupidly sarcastic remark! Mum hates service agencies [...]
Next Year Frustrations Once Again
Posted in Behavioral Difficulties, College / University, Personal, Rehab on March 14, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
I’m feeling increasingly bad lately. Sometimes, I think we’re getting somewhere. I had a discussion with a woman from Het Loo Erf (centre for the blind) last week. She is a psychologist with the vocational rehab department (think you folks call it that in English). At first, I thought the discussion was going pretty well, [...]
