Date |
PROGRESS REPORT |
URL or graphic or Metric |
1990 |
First try at writing my story |
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2008 |
Wrote my own rehab story |
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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 |