Julia

Julia on elus teinud kõike, mida on teha tahtnud: hüpanud langevarjuga, reisinud ja matkanud seljakotiga.

„Erivajadusega naisel peavad olema ülihead organisatoorsed ja logistilised võimed,“ ütleb ta lõbusalt. Tal on kaks last ning ta töötab kogemusnõustaja ja massöörina. Samuti juhib ta pimeõhtusööke ning astub vahetevahel lavale pimedaid ja vaegnägijaid koondavas Terateatris. Tema juhtkoera nimi on Churchill.

Hariduselt on Julia eripedagoog. Pimeda lapsevanemana töötas ta ise välja erilise metoodika, et oma nägijad lapsed lugema õpetada.

Julia ei ole alati olnud enesekindel, ettevõtlik ja suhtleja. Ta on teinud oma psüühikaga teadlikult tööd ja armastab end nüüd sellisena, nagu ta on.

Julia is a go-getter. She has done everything she has wanted in life, from skydiving to backpacking and traveling.‘

A woman with disabilities must have excellent organizational and logistical skills,’ she says amusedly. She has two children and works as a peer counsellor and massage therapist. She also hosts blind dinners and occasionally performs on stage in Terateater, a theatre group for the visually impaired. Her guide dog’s name is Churchill.

Julia is a trained special education teacher. As a blind parent, she developed her own unique methodology to teach her sighted children how to read.

She has, however, not always been this confident, enterprising, and outgoing. She has consciously worked on her mental health, and now loves herself exactly as she is.