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

Fri Dec 23 23:56:49 UTC 2011

I explained that to her.
The used to be two sepparate intities, until the past 4 years.
Blessings, Joshua

On 12/23/11, Chris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Ashley,
>
> The DSB (Department of Services for the Blind) is his state
> agency for the blind, like a commission for the blind.  This
> organization has taken over VR in Arkansas.
>
> Chris
>
> Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous new year!
>
> "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: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net
> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:58:30 -0500
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] DSB meeting, a waste of time!
>
> 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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