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hi friends welcome to shine with Medina Cortez and
Marie Cortes:Mark Sedgwick. We are gathered here in Houston, Texas at the
Marie Cortes:Georgia brown Convention Centre. Mark, tell us a little bit about
Marie Cortes:what we're doing here today.
Mark Sedgwick:Yeah, we're here at the NFB conference, the
Mark Sedgwick:National Federation of the Blind conference. It's really special
Mark Sedgwick:occasion this time around. It's our second year here with Sean
Mark Sedgwick:podcast. First time we were in Louisiana. Some of you guys
Mark Sedgwick:remember that first video, we're gathering some more podcasts,
Mark Sedgwick:sharing some more light, trying to figure out what it takes to
Mark Sedgwick:live a life with hope. Even if you have no sight.
Saylor Cooper:Exactly. And this is sales. Were actually will
Saylor Cooper:cope. Recording. Yeah, I'm part of the how I host for help with
Saylor Cooper:outside podcasts and virtual people who've overcome
Saylor Cooper:challenges in life. And now live a life of abundance full of
Saylor Cooper:bliss, and I want to teach you the same so welcome. Welcome.
Marie Cortes:Welcome. Let's let's welcome our guest, would
Marie Cortes:you introduce yourself Gina and this? You love where your
Mark Sedgwick:cares, Carol? Gina?
Carol:Yes. Yeah, this is Carol on the way. I'm actually here
Carol:visually from Houston. Born and raised in Louisiana, I have a
Carol:stroke syndrome type two. I have a dual sensory loss of being
Carol:deaf blind.
Mark Sedgwick:And Miss Gina, can you introduce yourself?
Gina Tamburello:i Yes. Hi, I'm Gina Tamburello. And I live in
Gina Tamburello:Dallas now. And I was also born with Usher syndrome type two A.
Gina Tamburello:So I have a dual disability among some other stuff, too. But
Gina Tamburello:anyway, we're here to talk about the deaf blind. So thank you for
Gina Tamburello:having me. Yeah,
Mark Sedgwick:that's a unique population. You know, that's a
Mark Sedgwick:really unique thing to have both sensory situation. So tell us a
Mark Sedgwick:little bit about maybe your origin story. Let's start with
Mark Sedgwick:Aegina. What was Where did? Where did your story start? And
Mark Sedgwick:how have you come to where you are now?
Gina Tamburello:Oh, gosh, well, I remember when I was about five
Gina Tamburello:years old, and I was at my cousin's wedding. And my mother
Gina Tamburello:was like, Come on, we gotta go catch the flower. You know, the
Gina Tamburello:bouquet, right? So I'm like, Well, Mom, I don't want to catch
Gina Tamburello:a fly. So I kept saying, you know, no, we're gonna go catch
Gina Tamburello:the flower. And I kept thinking, okay, she said, Why are we gonna
Gina Tamburello:go catch a fly, I don't want to go catch up. So I discovered
Gina Tamburello:that I must have had an issue with hearing. So that's how we
Gina Tamburello:found out about my hearing loss when I was 16, and my sweet 16
Gina Tamburello:birthday party. So no, nobody else can do this. But some of my
Gina Tamburello:friends and my brother, we decided to go wrap a house, I
Gina Tamburello:was living in Houston. And so anyway, there was a car that was
Gina Tamburello:following us, it was kind of you know, like, you know, in the, in
Gina Tamburello:the evening when eight, nine o'clock. And so my friends and
Gina Tamburello:my brother, they started to run once they saw this car following
Gina Tamburello:us. I mean, we were in a safe, good neighbourhood. And then all
Gina Tamburello:of a sudden, the car turns the corner, but I couldn't see
Gina Tamburello:anything but a light. So I ran up to a house on the porch.
Gina Tamburello:Where a light was because that's what I was able to see. So when
Gina Tamburello:that car turned the corner, you know, my heart was racing and
Gina Tamburello:everything. I was like, Oh my gosh, what's going on? It was my
Gina Tamburello:mother. She was following us. So when she noticed, you know, you
Gina Tamburello:know how mothers aren't protected. So when I, when she
Gina Tamburello:saw me on the porch, and everybody else left me, she was
Gina Tamburello:like, huh, light went off and like, Okay, let's go check her
Gina Tamburello:eyes out. And that's when I was diagnosed with retinitis
Gina Tamburello:pigmentosa. And then they said, I wouldn't be able to drive at
Gina Tamburello:night. Nobody ever told me it was progressive until I was 29.
Gina Tamburello:I was diagnosed legally blind. And because I kept missing steps
Gina Tamburello:and cars were kind of sneaking up on me while I was driving.
Gina Tamburello:And I was like, What is going on? So the doctor told me that
Gina Tamburello:I'm legally blind, and I had to hang up my keys on May 17 1994.
Gina Tamburello:I think it was. And I had a four year old.
Mark Sedgwick:Wow, so So before we continue with your story I
Mark Sedgwick:want to talk about Miss Carol's story. So tell us about your
Mark Sedgwick:origin story.
Saylor Cooper:Yeah, kiddo. Please go ahead. Yeah,
Carol:I was I was born in Sulphur, Louisiana. And I was to
Carol:when they discovered I couldn't hear because they will call my
Carol:name out. And I wouldn't turn around. So of course, no, I had
Carol:to go through the hearing test. And then I discovered that I was
Carol:hard of hearing. But I did not learn until that I was losing my
Carol:vision until I was 34. I was driving I had really, I didn't
Carol:think I had any issue. But one time I was out at a like a
Carol:barbecue with something at night, and I couldn't get
Carol:around. All of a sudden I was hanging on to my friend. I
Carol:thought okay, something's wrong here. Why can I no longer see it
Carol:at night? though but it was not until 1995. I was like I said
Carol:with 34 When I found out that I had the RFP had an Usher
Carol:Syndrome. So on I kept driving fortunately for me, I kept
Carol:driving until out of 50.
Marie Cortes:Wow. Yeah. You look so I know how we did
Marie Cortes:things, but at least the importance of having parents
Marie Cortes:that pay attention to to us as children. Yeah, it's so
Marie Cortes:important to pay attention to the little details. And that's
Marie Cortes:why it's so checkups are so important, you know, the annual
Marie Cortes:checkups and wow, that just brings so many memories of a lot
Marie Cortes:of my students who were not diagnosed with different things
Marie Cortes:until maybe fourth, fifth or sixth grade or when I was in
Marie Cortes:eighth grade, you know, teaching eighth graders,
Mark Sedgwick:sometimes it's not a teacher. That'll notice,
Mark Sedgwick:sometimes it's not apparent, though, notice, but you know, we
Mark Sedgwick:need somebody to notice. Exactly, you know, and maybe
Mark Sedgwick:it's not even us crying out for help, because we think it's
Mark Sedgwick:normal. Seems like you guys didn't even realise at first
Mark Sedgwick:that y'all had y'all are different, right? And so for
Mark Sedgwick:somebody to notice, you know, for somebody to step up and say
Mark Sedgwick:something that, hey, you know, maybe you need to get checked
Mark Sedgwick:up.
Saylor Cooper:And see, I know, it's hard to accept your
Saylor Cooper:differences. But once you do a diagnosis, it's not an end. It's
Saylor Cooper:only like, a destination. Well, it's only a chapter it is.
Marie Cortes:Yeah, and once you open that chapter, you never
Marie Cortes:know where it's gonna take. You are the shine conference. So
Marie Cortes:what brought you ladies at the conference this time? We're
Marie Cortes:having we're live on a podcast.
Mark Sedgwick:Muslim? No, not here, though. Um, so so? That's
Mark Sedgwick:okay. I think you're getting close, though. It might be the
Mark Sedgwick:next room over six. I'm not sure which one it might be be the
Mark Sedgwick:next one over. That's okay. It came on, we're gonna editor's no
Mark Sedgwick:worries, okay.
Marie Cortes:So yes. Oh, saying what? It's amazing that once you
Marie Cortes:discovered, now you're here at the blind conference? And what
Marie Cortes:brings you to the blind conference? What are you sharing
Marie Cortes:this year? Or what are you learning?
Gina Tamburello:Well, for me, when I finally moved to Dallas,
Gina Tamburello:and I had the opportunity to join many different low vision
Gina Tamburello:blind organisations, because Birmingham just didn't have that
Gina Tamburello:NFB was one of the ones that I have been familiar with for many
Gina Tamburello:years. And I just decided, you know, it would be nice to come
Gina Tamburello:here to learn the different technologies, what they have to
Gina Tamburello:offer us now because, you know, the things that I have right now
Gina Tamburello:is truly amazing with the hearing aids and the hearing
Gina Tamburello:aids that are associated with the app, and the Comdex that are
Gina Tamburello:aware, you know, and then the visual aids, everything that's
Gina Tamburello:out there is remarkable. So, what else is out here besides
Gina Tamburello:people and some of the technologies and just learning a
Gina Tamburello:lot more about what is offered to us?
Mark Sedgwick:How can we find solutions? Right? That's a big
Mark Sedgwick:thing, right? Like that. Okay. Oh, or is that what it's called?
Mark Sedgwick:Say? Like,
Saylor Cooper:oh, call you have a stoplight? Yeah. Yeah, that's
Saylor Cooper:interview
Mark Sedgwick:them just yesterday. So we're already
Mark Sedgwick:starting to highlight some of these technologies. It's amazing
Mark Sedgwick:what people are making, how people are willing to use what
Mark Sedgwick:we have this new tech age, and incorporate into the populations
Mark Sedgwick:who need help. So we really appreciate that. Yeah.
Marie Cortes:And I just find it fascinating. Last year, when we
Marie Cortes:went we had so many challenges in in New Orleans. Mark and I
Marie Cortes:were helping people cross the street. You know, we went there
Marie Cortes:to visit with his friends and one thing led to another and
Marie Cortes:then we were helping people cross the street because New
Marie Cortes:Orleans was not prepared. No one lives even for just people could
Marie Cortes:see also it was for
Saylor Cooper:at least 10 people or so got hit there and I
Saylor Cooper:was I was I was going I'm glad it wasn't there to shoot and
Saylor Cooper:I'll never go back to New Orleans again. It's
Marie Cortes:yeah, they said they're gonna prepare. So I
Marie Cortes:don't know how many years is gonna take I know this year.
Marie Cortes:They're still not prepared. But we welcome you to Houston,
Marie Cortes:Texas. And I noticed that you live in more preparation. Yes
Marie Cortes:here and I really love that. I love that the fact that they
Marie Cortes:closed some streets, they made things a little bit more to be
Marie Cortes:more accessible, you know, for people that need to to have the
Marie Cortes:extra sound or the extra visuals that they can see all the lights
Marie Cortes:at yellow lights too.
Carol:I actually was there. That was my first conference and
Carol:I almost did not come to this year's conference because of the
Carol:bad experience of I want to know, oh, wow, I don't want to
Carol:go through this again. And this is been a wonderful conference
Carol:here in Texas. I'm really enjoying it. I just definitely,
Carol:definitely much more accessible. And I'm really enjoying it.
Carol:Yeah.
Mark Sedgwick:And, you know, I'm so glad that you didn't let
Mark Sedgwick:that fear and that bad experience overcome. You know,
Mark Sedgwick:I'm so glad you made it. You're here on the shine podcast, we
Mark Sedgwick:get to share the lives of some people. So let's go ahead and
Mark Sedgwick:transition to that next part of your story. What do you guys do?
Mark Sedgwick:And now how did you guys overcome your blind
Mark Sedgwick:circumstance? The death circumstances that you were
Mark Sedgwick:faced with? And who, who helped you guys to have a positive
Mark Sedgwick:attitude? Because there's somebody who planted seeds, you
Mark Sedgwick:know, maybe many people, but yeah, let's start with Gina.
Gina Tamburello:Well, even though, you know, I refused to
Gina Tamburello:catch a fly at my cousin's wedding. You know, my mom really
Gina Tamburello:tried to push the hearing aids on me at that time, and I would
Gina Tamburello:not wear them. Okay, she tried and tried, but I refused. And it
Gina Tamburello:really wasn't until I was 17. And so I'm like, Oh, my gosh, I
Gina Tamburello:can hear the leaves rustling I can hear the birds singing, you
Gina Tamburello:know, almost for the first time. And so now I can't live without
Gina Tamburello:them. And, you know, the technology has changed with the
Gina Tamburello:hearing aids. And every time I think I have good hearing aids
Gina Tamburello:at the time, you know, I have to get new ones. And I'm like, Oh,
Gina Tamburello:my gosh, these are so much better. So yes, I am I'm very
Gina Tamburello:pleased with the hearing aids that I have now and how it has
Gina Tamburello:the app that I can change in certain environments that I'm in
Gina Tamburello:and my Comdex because I can answer my phone through my
Gina Tamburello:Comdex that I wear around my neck, I can mute out sounds if I
Gina Tamburello:need to, in order to hear the phone. So I mean, technology has
Gina Tamburello:been really good for me. Okay, and so as far as the visual
Gina Tamburello:impairment when I did find out I was legally blind and had to put
Gina Tamburello:up the case. That was a very depressing moment. And I take
Gina Tamburello:that back it was 1996 1994 and I'm thinking, you know, laying
Gina Tamburello:on the couch being depressed. I have a four year old How am I
Gina Tamburello:going to get him to school he hasn't even started school yet.
Gina Tamburello:soccer fans birthday parties, you know, but you know what? You
Gina Tamburello:adapt any circumstances that come in your life? So it took me
Gina Tamburello:a little while and I'm like you know what, I am not going to let
Gina Tamburello:this hold me down. Yo so I I'm just like, You know what, I
Gina Tamburello:don't need depression medicine. I got DoD in my life to lead me
Gina Tamburello:in the way that I need to go so I picked up you know, I dusted
Gina Tamburello:myself I picked myself up and we had to move back to to
Gina Tamburello:Birmingham with the birth with my son's father and learn you
Gina Tamburello:know, hey, I'm gonna need help with rides and and and then
Gina Tamburello:that's where life started right there for me and it's been on
Gina Tamburello:the upsets wow, you know, the visual has been progressive. But
Gina Tamburello:there is still hope. And I just I just keep the faith and I keep
Gina Tamburello:my fingers crossed and I know something's gonna say Amen. Let
Gina Tamburello:life stop me. I'm all about fun. I'm all about sociology. We're
Gina Tamburello:looking for people and friends and being social. My friends
Gina Tamburello:call me the social butterfly. And I want to go my before the
Gina Tamburello:vision loss my my dad used to call me Gina long legs. Well, it
Gina Tamburello:stands to this day. I'm always on the go.
Mark Sedgwick:Yeah. Like my mom was like you my mom could be
Mark Sedgwick:good friends.
Saylor Cooper:So, of course before we've learned how to
Saylor Cooper:podcast someone ask a final question my customer anymore
Saylor Cooper:before your dude y'all have more? Yeah, we need to
Mark Sedgwick:ask Ms. Carroll first her story. Yeah.
Carol:Mine is not very fascinating. Well, for me when
Carol:my mother and my father discovered that I was hard of
Carol:hearing they had refused to send me to Baton Rouge just back in
Carol:the early 60s. So they refused to send me to Baton Rouge to the
Carol:School for the Deaf. So they had a bunch of I think people that
Carol:got together in fall for and where they had I guess went to
Carol:the found a centre in Whitehall. Well, they were able to send a
Carol:few of us to go and learn language and speech and, you
Carol:know, it's just gonna get a head start on education that we can
Carol:started speaking because we were not speaking because we couldn't
Carol:hear. Right. So, um, so since then, you know, I had been
Carol:pretty much mainstreamed. And so and so throughout my life, you
Carol:know, I guess, you know, for my mother, my father had passed
Carol:away when I was very young. So it's been the influence on my
Carol:mother who's really motivated me and really pushed me to keep
Carol:going on with my life and to live life. But again, you know,
Carol:I didn't discover until I was losing my vision until later in
Carol:life. But I've always had a positive attitude in which you
Carol:would just Just live your life and enjoy it. And just, you
Carol:know, you have to just face the challenges that come your way,
Carol:but you just continue to live alone, you know, that come?
Carol:Yeah.
Marie Cortes:I'd like to tell people or myself when I'm, when
Marie Cortes:I'm dealing with any kind of challenges, like I tackle it, I
Marie Cortes:want to tackle it, I want to go get help or find the solutions,
Marie Cortes:but I'm not going to just sit there. You know, I love the way
Marie Cortes:you actually got put the right people and the right equipment
Marie Cortes:and the right tools that you need to continue to shine your
Marie Cortes:light, you know, yeah, so many things bring you down or stop
Marie Cortes:you from living life and continue to enjoy life.
Marie Cortes:Especially you have a little one, you know, how old is your
Marie Cortes:your son now?
Gina Tamburello:31. And I have a 10 year old granddaughter?
Marie Cortes:So you did you did it for that little guy, you know
Marie Cortes:that? That you said, Oh my four year old, I had a four year old?
Marie Cortes:And I think our kids motivate us? What do you think if you
Marie Cortes:don't have a son or a daughter, you know, you have family,
Marie Cortes:friends, a mom or dad that you need to continue to live in,
Marie Cortes:shine your light and allow, you know, a guy to guide you. And
Marie Cortes:he'll always show you the solutions. He'll show you the
Marie Cortes:way. But we can't just sit at home Wait, you gotta walk out
Marie Cortes:there and get
Saylor Cooper:out. And I'm and I'm doing that now with my
Saylor Cooper:venture. They are my I'm shining my light like guy helped me
Saylor Cooper:leave away and believes that trust God, why your speeches,
Saylor Cooper:and I'm gonna give a speech one day, you know, I enjoy in your
Saylor Cooper:in your speech at Euston Christian university.
Marie Cortes:You have an amazing story too. And you've
Marie Cortes:tackled your challenge. Also your podcast and yeah, I love
Marie Cortes:it. And I love that you're in our lives because you inspire us
Marie Cortes:to. Yeah,
Carol:that's right. And with employment, you know, you just
Carol:have to find the adaptive technology and the tools to get
Carol:you, you know, continue to be employed. And
Saylor Cooper:also employers, they need to understand that we
Saylor Cooper:can perform job functions and
Mark Sedgwick:give them a chance, let them show up and
Mark Sedgwick:prove themselves. Yeah, you know, we can find a way for them
Mark Sedgwick:to contribute, you know, we can all we all have a gift, we all
Mark Sedgwick:have a light to shine. So, you know whether you get employed to
Mark Sedgwick:like to share your light and share your gift and help provide
Mark Sedgwick:some value, or like St. Louis doing and he's going to be in
Mark Sedgwick:he's become an entrepreneur and business owner. Yes. And he's
Mark Sedgwick:trying to make it happen. So he keeps sharing his light. And we
Mark Sedgwick:will too. Yeah, any final words? I got a really powerful question
Mark Sedgwick:that that came to me that I think we should share. We'll
Mark Sedgwick:start with Gina, what do you want to tell to maybe the
Mark Sedgwick:younger you like the kid you or you know, the kids of today, the
Mark Sedgwick:youth? What do they need to know so they can keep marching
Mark Sedgwick:forward and not get stuck by fear? or anger or depression?
Mark Sedgwick:What do you have for them?
Gina Tamburello:For me, I would have to say, go through what you
Gina Tamburello:have to go through, but make it short lived. And keep the faith
Gina Tamburello:instead of fear always replaced by over fear. And reach out,
Gina Tamburello:reach out for help. There's people out there, there's
Gina Tamburello:support groups. And that in that way, you're gonna make friends,
Gina Tamburello:you're gonna you're gonna understand what technology is
Gina Tamburello:out there for you and did not give up. And
Mark Sedgwick:you'd add on to that statement.
Saylor Cooper:I want to add on well, just I'm gonna ask a
Saylor Cooper:similar question. We've got to wait till you're responding
Saylor Cooper:down. Gina, you are responding. I'll
Mark Sedgwick:ask Carol's story. Yeah. Gina.
Carol:Yeah, it's just, it's just it's a world of
Carol:opportunities. You know, it's just can't let anything hold you
Carol:back. You know, you will discover that there's so many
Carol:other people like you who are going through what you're going
Carol:through and you have to find that people like Gina mentioned,
Carol:the support person and they are there. Nothing should stop you
Carol:there should be no obstacles that cannot overcome They just
Carol:have to just keep pushing through and have a positive
Carol:outlook and have faith in God. And you know, that just a world
Carol:filled filled with opportunity. Yeah,
Mark Sedgwick:don't give up. Stay on the search. Yeah,
Mark Sedgwick:sailor, what do you got? Brother? So
Saylor Cooper:I'm out my customer and I ask us, what
Saylor Cooper:advice would you give anybody that struggling in life? I guess
Saylor Cooper:it may be very similar to the question your only answer, but
Saylor Cooper:give it a shot. What advice could you give to anybody who's
Saylor Cooper:struggling in life, doesn't see where it goes.
Carol:Just can't give up and there, it's like I said, it's
Carol:just so many opportunities out there. You're gonna go through
Carol:the Depression, there's always faith that you will go through.
Carol:Yeah. But once you get out and discover that there is a support
Carol:group, and there's help out there. And also, I do want to
Carol:make a comment that I wish I'd learned. I wish I'd gone to
Carol:conferences years ago, and learned all the things that I'm
Carol:learning here. I'm an older adult. So I just wish I did it
Carol:when I'm 30 years ago. Yeah. That was here for you. That's
Carol:great. And, you know, I wish I learned braille. I wished I
Carol:learned sign language, so I can communicate with the deaf blind
Carol:people. I'm still having to rely on, you know, interpreter, but
Carol:if I could join the group, I'm learning fine language and
Carol:Braille and everything I could be having more of a direct
Carol:connection with them. Yeah, well, it's
Marie Cortes:never too late. Don't forget that. You know, I
Marie Cortes:just had a friend who saved her 60s and just graduated from
Marie Cortes:college. Wow. So I She's like, she reminded me of, hey, it's
Marie Cortes:never too late. And I think if you really want to start, like
Marie Cortes:baby steps, start with 111 of the two assignments. And just go
Marie Cortes:ahead and give it a try. And before you know it, you'll be
Marie Cortes:done with one and then you start the next one, you know, yeah, no
Marie Cortes:matter how old you are, and I know you can you can, we can
Marie Cortes:learn. You know, I'm learning right now, I'm gonna learn
Marie Cortes:French because I did it in high school. But now I'm getting
Marie Cortes:ready to travel. And I'm like, Okay, I need to go and take some
Marie Cortes:French classes. So when I go to France, I didn't communicate,
Marie Cortes:and I speak Spanish. So it should be a lot easier, right?
Marie Cortes:Like now that I have that foundation, so it's not too
Marie Cortes:late. I think we should never give up. And always remember
Marie Cortes:that no matter how old we are, we can still learn something
Marie Cortes:new. Right?
Gina Tamburello:Right, right. And don't be scared. Do not
Gina Tamburello:shelter yourself. Do not let anybody tell you that you cannot
Gina Tamburello:do it. Just make sure you stay with people have the like and
Gina Tamburello:can overcome anything.
Mark Sedgwick:Yeah, yeah. So you guys keep on sharing your
Mark Sedgwick:light. Keep on showing up to the conferences. Wherever God is
Mark Sedgwick:calling you listen to that voice. Yeah, show up. You might
Mark Sedgwick:just save someone's life. I have already been used by God. When I
Mark Sedgwick:showed up. I talked to a man who needed some prayer and, and we
Mark Sedgwick:had a great conversation. And I really think that he shared some
Mark Sedgwick:good words with me that can change my life. And I think I
Mark Sedgwick:really shared some words with him about God that can change
Mark Sedgwick:his life. So don't underestimate the power of what a little love
Mark Sedgwick:can do. A little conversation can do a little prayer can do.
Mark Sedgwick:Don't underestimate that y'all keep on shining your light.
Mark Sedgwick:Thank you, Gina. Thank you, Carol. Thank you sailor my year.
Marie Cortes:Thank you. Thank you for joining us. Hopefully
Marie Cortes:we'll see you guys next year. Remember, continue to shine your
Marie Cortes:light, no matter the class on life. Remember, God will show
Marie Cortes:you the way and also
Saylor Cooper:remember, never give up hope you can truly live
Saylor Cooper:a life. My motto is transcend transcend challenges, embrace
Saylor Cooper:bliss. Bliss is a road I use my vocabulary. The sound of a world
