When I was struggling along in my near blindness to live a "normal" daily life, one of my neighbors called in the NC Assoc. for the Blind.  They soon came to my house to interview me.  I suppose to "see" for themselves if I needed their assistance.  Within a week after our meeting, I was provided with a large but portable tape deck where I could listen to books on tape.  The books were chosen from an enormous selection in a catalog.  It worked very much as Netflix does now but there was no fee whatsoever.  Those books on tape gave me much pleasure.   Then an appointment was made for the NCAB to teach me how to move about, cook, do ordinary household chores and care for myself in my new blind state.  Over the course of the 9 months I was blind,  I was interviewed for a seeing eye dog and a white cane.  As it turned out, I didn't need either.


My impressions of the NCAB were and are today very positive.  They were compassionate and caring people.  They responded quickly although they were not called in on my case for several months.  People helping people that is what this world is about.  Living in "right-mindedness"!