Excerpt from Nat-Cent News, Vol. 21: January, 1991 After many years of living in a variety of environments, I have come to the final conclusion that the best place for a severely disabled person to live is in a city. Cities provide a wealth of accessible services and assets that can add a tremendous impact to the goal of independent living. Deaf-blind people need to live in locations Where there is readily available transportation, accessible shopping and services, and where there is a good flow of pedestrian traffic with people who can assist them in crossing streets or finding specific places that are needed. Being able to travel freely, using buses, subways and other facilities promotes a sense of confidence and pride. Most American towns lack adequate transportation for disabled people. Their populations are usually car-oriented and there is usually little pedestrian traffic in residential neighborhoods because the residents prefer touse their vehicles to drive a few blocks to local shopping and services. Finding a dependable volunteer who will provide assistance when needed is a problem because volunteer groups are usually absent. Independence is a relative thing. All of us, in varying degrees, are dependent upon others for a satisfying life and self-fulfillment. We need to recognize that a disability means limitations and that the more severe it is, the more limitations it imposes, no matter how ingenious and resourceful the disabled person may be. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.