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

Sat Dec 24 03:00:26 UTC 2011

They would send you to LCB if thats what you wanted. I know people from Arkansas who have attended LCB and were funded by DSB.
Anmol
I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is vague, like a breeze among flowers.
Hellen Keller

--- On Thu, 12/22/11, Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu> wrote:

> From: Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu>
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] DSB meeting, a waste of time!
> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Date: Thursday, December 22, 2011, 10:06 PM
> 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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