[blindlaw] New guy

Thu Nov 6 17:57:20 UTC 2008

In most states the appeal process would first involve talking to her 
supervisor and if that goes no where asking for a hearing. In many states 
centers for independent living will provide advocacy services in rehab 
hearings and appeals.
Chuck
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tim and vickie shaw" <timandvickie at hotmail.com>
To: <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 6:43 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] New guy


>
> I will try and dig aroudn their site for an appeal process, sadly as in 
> most government sites their website is not a very good one. Problem is I 
> dont know if an appeal is the right step yet since she has not even 
> allowed me to talk to her really about it in the first place then can I 
> say that she denied my request when she didnt really even let me make my 
> request?> Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 19:35:20 -0500> From: 
> Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov> To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] 
> New guy> > Tim:> > Each state vocational rehabilitation agency is required 
> to have in place> an ability to grant exceptions or waivers to policies 
> that arbitrarily> limit the kinds of services that can be included in an 
> individualized> plan for employment, such as a rule that an agency will 
> not pay for> graduate school. > > However, it does not sound like that is 
> the stumbling block you are> facing, rather it sounds like your vocational 
> rehabilitation counselor> has rejected your employment goal, in which case 
> it seems that you need> to go through the appeal process, which the agency 
> is also required to> have in place and should be on its website or in its 
> policies or rules.> > Noel nightingale> Seattle, Washington> 
>  > -----Original Message-----> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org 
> [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org]> On Behalf Of tim and vickie shaw> 
> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 8:26 AM> To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org> 
> Subject: [blindlaw] New guy> > > Hello everyone, My name is Tim. I am new 
> to the group. I am wanting to> start law school in the fall. Just keep 
> running into obstacles at the> moment *sighs* hard not to get discouraged. 
> Hoping maybe can get a few> good words and some guidance here. This is 
> something I have always> wanted to do I guess really in the back of my 
> mind, but something I> really didnt see myself ever actually doing. I want 
> to do this so I can> handle ADA cases and works as an advocate for 
> children that may have to> go through all that I did. > > I graduated from 
> college in 2005 with a degree in Business M!
> anagemen
> t.> Not having any work experience I have had a very tough time finding a> 
> job. I worked for awhile for couple of companies that specialize in> 
> providing employment and training to disabiled individuals and "help"> 
> them. The frustrating experience working with these people only served> to 
> strengthen my resolve that I wanted to work to be able to "fix"> things 
> like this. > > I was desperate to get out of the situation I was in and 
> decided to take> on teaching. I have gotten my certification in Special 
> Education and> Business education but once again have been pumping my head 
> for a year> trying to get work to no avail. I had planned on working as a 
> teacher> whnile i went to law school. Due to my inability to find work in 
> and out> of teaching I have decided to just try and move forward to going 
> to law> school.> > I live in Texas and here it is law that blind 
> individuals recieve a> tuition and fee waiver as well as the government 
> agency that works with> the blind provides textbook vouchers and 
> assistance. I called my> counselor at the Division for Blind Services to 
> ask her about going back> to school because she is the one that will have 
> to help me to get my> tuition waiver adn all of this, but she wouldnt even 
> talk to me about> it. She said that she doesnt think its reasonable for me 
> to go back to> school because how do they not know that they will give me 
> the money to> and then when I get out still wont be able to find work. > > 
> So once again, I have hit my head against a wall when trying to deal> with 
> the very people that are supposed to be there to help. I am just> getting 
> extremely frustrated and mean time my marriage is going to hell> because 
> of my lack of being able to find word and seeming to jsut be> sitting in a 
> rut. I am lost for what to do.> > OK enough rambling, sorry for bothering 
> yall with all of this jsut> needed to get it off my chest and see if 
> anyone had any good words for> me.> > > Tim Shaw> 
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