Jennifer Aberdeen:
CLASS OF 1997
Woonsocket High SchoolClass of 1997
Woonsocket, RI
Community College of Rhode IslandClass of 9999
Lincoln, RI
Woonsocket Middle SchoolClass of 1993
Woonsocket, RI
Bernon Heights Elementary SchoolClass of 1991
Woonsocket, RI
Jennifer's Story
Life
I must say that not too much has happened with me since graduating from high school-well nothing too good anyway. After high school, I enrolled at CCRI and took classes on and off until 2003, but because of physical limitations and not having the right accommodations provided by CCRI, I haven't earned any sort of degree yet. In June of 2001, I lost my eye sight completely. I had lost sight several times previous to 2001, but the doctors were always able to restore some vision. The surgery I had in 2001 was the last straw though; there was too much damage to my optic nerve for any possibility of restoration. In 2003 I started looking for a job. I even took a six week Customer Service course through the Department of Labor and Training and received two certificates, but that wasn't good enough. After three and a half years of looking for work and getting nothing but...Expand for more
rejections, I gave up; I think I applied for jobs with every company in Providence County, as well as some in Kent County, but I always got the same excuse, "You don't have any experience." Now I am working on moving out of my parents' house. I had my own apartment once before in 1998, but I was only there ten days; my mother said if I didn't move back home, she would have me claimed incompetent. I didn't want to argue, so I moved back home. Now I am associated with state services, so I will be provided with help when I need it. I have my sights set on East Providence though; I want to get the hell out of Woonsocket. I figured East Providence isn't too far away, but it's far enough where the folks won't be dropping by on a daily basis. A lot of my friends from the National Federation For The Blind Of Rhode Island live in East Providence, so I will have them nearby too.
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