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DATES OPEN TO DISCUSSION.
I am a 30-year-old sociable English/Dutch-speaking Belgian and have been blind since birth.
I am looking for a friendly host family (no pets, sorry) to experience what living in Ireland is like and to establish new connections at the same time. I’d like to start with a trial period of one month and if we are both happy with how things are going, I would love to try and find work and stay indefinitely. I have already lived with host families in Kent, Bath and Ballycastle for language and culture courses and in Manchester for three months, so I can provide excellent references.
I am looking for caring people who I could pay a little extra to provide practical support where needed (laundry, meals, no personal care), and who could help me go out and about until I have found personal assistants. It would also be really helpful if my hosts allowed me to invite my PAs (and possibly people from disability organisations who could help me improve my independent living skills) in the house (obviously only those people you feel comfortable with).
In return, I would be more than happy to help in any way I can in the household (doing the dishes, helping to prepare food etc). My goal is to become as independent as possible, but I do need reliable and warm people I can turn to for help.
Personal interests include films, history, current affairs and classical/film/Irish music.
I am more than happy to answer any questions you might have about me, my disability and fees, or to arrange a date for a viewing. I am available to move in from October, but am very happy to wait longer if needed as finding the right people is much more important to me than a date.
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