Date | PROGRESS REPORT | URL or graphic or Metric |
1990 | First try at writing my story | |
2008 | Wrote my own rehab story | |
February 2012 | Started blogging on BlogSpot.com | Sue’s Early Writings |
February 2012 | First web publication/guest blog on AssumeLove.com“Why Be Married? For the Intimacy” | Why Be Married? For the Intimacy |
March 2012 | Started websiteOutOfTheWhirlpool.com | www.Outofthewhirlpool.com |
April 2012 | “Why Be Married? For the Miracle of Love and Life”Guest blog post on AssumeLove.com | Why Be Married? |
April 2012 | First Blog Review of my Website, “OutoftheWhirlpool.com: A Valuable Resource for Those Wanting to Learn About Blindness.”“Fred’s Head,” the blog site for the American Printing House for the Blind. Written by Terrie Terlau, PhD & Adult Life Project Leader | A Valuable Resource |
June 2012 | “Out of the Whirlpool: The Story of a Suicide Survivor& the Rebuilding of a Life.”Blog post, Vision Aware | VisionAware |
July 2012 | Jonathan Mosen speaks with Sue Martin: “Blinded as the result of a suicide attempt, Sue put her life back together to become a successful professional. In an attempt to help others, she has begun writing about her life experiences.” | Freedom Scientific Pod Cast #68 |
August 2012 | “Putting Life Back Together”Guest blog post for Beth Finke | Putting A Life Back Together |
September 2012 | Climbing ‘Out of the Whirlpool’Guest blog post originally posted on theVeterans Health Administration internal blog | Climbing-Out-of-the-Whirlpool |
September 2012 | First speaking Engagement at The Iris NetworkPortland, Maine | @ 10 attendees |
September 2012 | Speaking Engagement at Career CenterBangor, Maine | @ 25 attendees |
September 2012 | “Reading about Sue Martin”Blog post on suicide attempt survivor site | Reading About Sue Martin |
October 2012 | Speaking Engagement at Center for the Visually Impaired, CVI, Atlanta | @ 30 Attendees |
October, 2012 | Speaking Engagement, “Peak Experiences with our Dogs” Georgia Guide Dog Users, Atlanta, Georgia | @ 25 Attendees |
November 2012 | Speaking Engagement Northeast Regional Conference of the Association of the Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually ImpairedProvidence, Rhode Island | @ 65 attendees |
January, 2013 | Peak Experiences, Top Dog 2013Savanah, georgia | Top Dog Workshop@ 65 attendees |
January, 2013 | Banquet speaker, Top Dog, 2013Savanah, Georgia? | Top Dog Workshop@ 90 attendees |
April, 2013 | Blog post book review“A Great New Book on How to Survive Tough Breaks” | Assume Love: A Great New Book on How to Survive Tough Breaks |
June, 2013 | “My life is better than I ever dreamed”Guest blog post on attempt survivor blog of American Association of Suicidology | June, 2013 |
June, 2013 | “Talking with Sue Martin”Interview on net radio program, Talking About Suicide | Talking with Sue Martin |
June, 2013 | Announcement of my book on Vision Aware | www.visionaware.org |
July, 2013 | Speaking Engagement, “Sterling to steel,” Banquet speaker for GDUI at ACB National Convention, 2013 | Speech: “Sterling To Steel”@90 Attendees |
July, 2013 | Author panel, ACB 2013 convention | @50 Attendees |
September, 2013 | Guest blog post published on Vantage PointOfficial blog of the US Department of Veterans Affairs | Step-by-step: Rebuilding A Life After A Suicide Attempt |
October, 2013 | Blog book review: “Sue Martin’s ‘Out ofThe Whirlpool’– A Must Read”www.ZoomedIn.com, the AI Squared blog | A Must Read |
November, 2013 | Added to list of speakers who have survived a suicide attempt by the American Association of Suicidology | List of Speakers — “Suicide Attempt Survivor Experts” |
November, 2013 | Delivered Sterling to Steel at Augusta VA medical center | @85 Attendees |
November, 2013 | The Tech Doctor podcast | The doctor is in, A psychologist chats with the author |
December, 2013 | Presentation
International AER O&M Conference 2013 | O&M Conference |
August, 2014 | Presented Sterling to Steel at first International conference | @90 attendees |
December, 2014 | Presented Sterling to Steel to second International conference | @90 in attendance |
October, 2014 | Presented Seen and Unseen Disabilities at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC | @60 in attendance |