[nabs-l] DSB meeting, a waste of time!

Joshua Lester jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
Fri Dec 23 04:06:32 UTC 2011


They're part of the state.
I will say this, since you brought up Vocational Rehab.
When I still had them, they were the ones that forced me to attend LWSB.
I wonder what the DSB would think about funding me, if I wanted to go to LCB.
Blessings, Joshua

On 12/22/11, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
> so DSB is part of your colleges's DSS then. They can be slow. Just stay on
> them and advocate
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joshua Lester
> Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 10:06 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] DSB meeting, a waste of time!
>
> I didn't have issues with VR, because I didn't use them much.
> I only used the Division of Services for the Blind, from the
> Department of Social Services.
> The VR Counselor retired, and now we don't have VR in my state.
> The Department of Services for the Blind, (of the DSS,) is very slow
> in getting the adequate help that I need.
> They won't even supply the things I need in class.
> These are the people I've been complaining about on this list, for months!
> Blessings, Joshua
>
> On 12/22/11, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> Joshua,
>> I'm confused. You met at your college or were supposed to. But is this
>> counselor your disability counselor from school or the state agency?
>> If you mean the vr agency, I sympathize with you because I don't get much
>> from my counselor either. All of them are horrible about communication.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Joshua Lester
>> Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 9:15 PM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] DSB meeting, a waste of time!
>>
>> All of the DSB people have been this way.
>> I'm tired of dealing with them!
>> Blessings, Joshua
>>
>> On 12/22/11, Chris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Wow! What a waste of time! OK, lesson to learn about this woman;
>>> she's not organized!
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>> "The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight.  The
>>> real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that
>>> exists.  If a blind person has the proper training and
>>> opportunity, blindness can be reduced to a mere physical
>>> nuisance."
>>> -- Kenneth Jernigan (President, National Federation of the Blind,
>>> 1968-1986
>>>
>>>  The I C.A.N.  Foundation helps blind and visually impaired youth
>>> in Maryland say "I can," by empowering them through providing
>>> assistive technology and scholarships to camps and conventions
>>> which help them be equal with their sighted peers.  For more
>>> information about the Foundation and to support our work, visit
>>> us online at www.icanfoundation.info!
>>>
>>>  ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
>>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>> Date sent: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:19:02 -0600
>>> Subject: [nabs-l] DSB meeting, a waste of time!
>>>
>>> Hi, it's Joshua Lester.
>>> I'm tired of these slow DSB people!
>>> I went to the college, to meet Ms Audrey, (my counselor,) but she
>>> didn't show up!
>>> She called us, at the last minute, and told us that she went to
>>> the
>>> campus, 30 miles away.
>>> She Googled our college, and only saw that one, and said she
>>> never
>>> thought that they'd have a campus so close to it.
>>> The woman also misunderstood what we said, but instead of calling
>>> our
>>> cell phone, she called our home phone.
>>> She thought we said to meet us at the "Community," center.
>>> She was supposed to meet us at the student center.
>>> She should have called our cell, so we could clear it up.
>>> Anyway, we're about to have her E-mail the staff members, that
>>> she
>>> needed to meet with.
>>> On another note, I have my Spring schedule.
>>> I have a monday, and wednesday class, from 6:30/9:20, wich will
>>> keep
>>> me out of church.
>>> This has been a bad day!
>>> Blessings, Joshua
>>>
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