People are confusing.
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Gordon
If your self-sufficient and can survive on your own without your mother's help, pack it up and move it out. You're not going to live a very happy life if you allow people to control you. I think that there are some parents out there who think that they're blind children will just stay around forever so they don't ever have to give them up. I saw a lot of this nonsense when I had my very short stay at the Texas school for the blind.
Chrysalis
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RealisticAudioDesign
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Gordon
Well that was the reason that I said that if you're self-sufficient and can survive without your mother's help then to move out, but you're not there yet. You could eventually become self-sufficient, but you're definitely gonna have to set your mind to it and work on it. At this point in time if you don't have anything to offer yourself, you don't have anything to offer your significant other either. I'm not putting you down, I'm just simply telling you that's how it is. I don't necessarily agree with Chris Cole either because I've seen a lot of people go through those programs and never do anything with themselves. A lot of people will probably tell you that if you'll go to those programs everything will be OK, but it's not going to be until you put for the effort and somehow figure it out. There are definitely a lot of opportunities in this world for blind people, you just have to figure out where you're going to fit into that as an individual.
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King Tripple Whopper
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Rachel B
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The cute cuddly furball
My parents taught me how to be independent, long before I ever went to any blindness center, those are just normal things that people learn regardless of disability, so if you don’t have any of those skills, you are better off going to a training center to learn, but is gonna take a lot of effort on your part and a lot of feeling uncomfortable to get to a place where you wanna be not living at home with mommy, that’s not a disability challenge, that’s a life challenge we all struggle with that. Good luck, it’s a good thing you live in Texas, Twc is a far better organization than most states havez, they just bought me a new computer and hearing aids
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Jim,man of GOD, friend to GOD
Don’t be so offended by the centers, calling themselves, rehab rehabilitation centers. There are a lot of things there that you could learn. Maybe you don’t need to be rehabilitated, but there are skills that you could improve on a new skills that you could learn. There are many people that you could meet who could enhance your lives experiences and perhaps introduce you to sources that would allow you to leave your mom behind. If you get a chance to get into one of these centers, please consider taking it if it’s going to mean a general improvement in your own lives experience.
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Rondo
You’re an audio engineer so you’re telling me audio engineers make no money. I think there’s more of a mindset for you. Just take some time and think about what you want for yourself. And I understand that it is hard to leave your mom because that’s a person who is supported you your whole life. But as you grow as a person, you have to make these decisions if you want to end up with your significant other or be home with mommy. And no, not everybody on here is pro Chris Cole or any school for the blind but there are also not bad places any resources that help blind people is a good place. It’s just not meant for most or some people Which is fair because everybody learned differently but yeah, I say take the time and think over what you really wants everybody could give you the best advice in the whole world but at the end of the day, it’s up to you if you really want to move forward with what you’re thinking and you have to make the decision nobody else so we can sit here and try to tell you you can do it. You know, put your back into it type, but at the end of the day you make that decision right so yeah
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in the end, there can only be… The one
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