Anee,
    If counseling people with disabilities and helping them find appropriate
adaptive equipment is what you really want to do, you might check out
occupational therapy as a potential major.  Just a thought.
            Susan
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From: Anee Stanford <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 3:42 PM
Subject: Anee's many majors/intrests


> Hi Mag-
>
> Oh yes I am famous for my major changes...arn;t we all... (this is just
from
> the time I started college) first I was going to major in
psychology...then
> became intrested in rehabilitation councling--but I got so fed up with the
> state reahb commission that I didn't want to be apart of it....so I
swiched
> again into medical transcription but that dosn;t offer a bachlors which my
> dad insists I get...so I have made my latest switch into health care
> administration--which I am not actually formerly in I have at least 2.5
years
> of prerqs to do before I am admited to the major.
>
> I still long to run my own business in counceling people with disabilities
> and working with them to find adaptive equipment solutions that work for
them
> indvidully.  I have been chaseing this dream since 6th grade.  The closest
> thing that I have come to it is CPIC which could be alot better if I had
any
> money to put into it--as it is now it dosn't have anything comming in to
> support it and it is the equivilent of a 20h week job.  Oh well I am happy
to
> do it anway.  I just wish I had the money to do research in books and
studies
> (over $10 a pop on medline) to publsih more content than is there now.
>
> When I was younger about Amber's age I wanted to be a writer and in fact
in
> 8th grade I wrote a nuber of stories and pomes (I still have some of them)
> one of which the teachers thought I should try to get published...that has
of
> course never panned out by the way (partly becasue it has talking animals
in
> it wich is currently out of literary style in children's books).  I also
love
> history and wirting research papers...but my problem is I am so focassed
on
> being able to support myself financially that I kind of let my dreems and
> things that I really truly enjoy go by the wayside.
>
> Yours,
> Anee
>
> In a message dated 11/9/1999 8:28:54 PM Central Standard Time,
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> writes:
>
> << Anee,
>  I am pleased with the way your writing is developing. Betty is right,
you're
>  a great asset to our community, and to the world community as well.  Have
you
>  ever considered being a Psychologist or counselor?
>
>  Mag >>
>