Sitton, Jon 2013-12-10

This interview features Jon Sitton, who discusses his blindness, attendance in mainstream public schools in Idalou, Texas, higher education leading to a degree at Texas Tech University, and his career with the Social Security Administration

General Interview Information

Interviewee Name: Jon Sitton

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Date: December 10, 2013

Location: Lubbock, Texas

Interviewer: David Marshall

Length: 02:05:10

Abstract

Biographical information and youth, Growing up on the farm and how Jon and his brothers all became blind, Going to school and learning braille, Interest in business and going to Texas Tech, Going to the school for the blind, Texas Tech experience, Finding a job after graduation, Judy Sitton and beep baseball, Emily Sitton and raising children as a blind man, Jon’s broken ankle and bout with colon cancer, Becoming a deacon at church, Being disadvantaged and helpful technology

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Transcript: Transcript available in Dspace

https://swco-ir.tdl.org/handle/10605/235762

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