[nabs-l] rehab counselors and expectations

[RJ Sandefur]

Joshua, I'm in the ministry, and I'm totally blind. I told my councilor I 
wanted to go into the ministry, and she told me in a nutshell, that my goal 
wasn't realistic That I needed to eat! So I closed my case with the Florida 
division of blind services,  and I received a lot of backlash because of it, 
but look where the Lord's brought me? I've obtained my masters degree in 
theology, and now I'm going for my doctorate, and had I listened to  my 
councilor, I know I wouldn't be where I am today because I'd rather listen 
to God rather than men! If God's called you into the ministry, then Why are 
you letting the state dictate where you can and can't go to school? If the 
Lord wants you to go to ORU, then he's going to make a way for you to get 
there! RJ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Laura Glowacki" <orangebutterfly87 at gmail.com>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
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Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2011 2:17 AM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] rehab counselors and expectations


>From what I know, an educational institution is an educational
institution, and rehab cannot refuse to pay merely because it's
private and/or religiously run.  Actually one of my best friends
went to a small private Bible college and rehab helped her with
most of it.

They do have rules on just how much they will pay towards private
though, whereas public, at least in my state, they'll cover
almost 100% of the costs.  That's often because private schools
are much more expensive than their public counterparts from what
I understand, nothing against the private schools in general.

I'm really glad you got a new counselor too, because that just
doesn't sound right.

Laura
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joshua Lester" <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
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Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 9:28 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] rehab counselors and expectations


The NFB has been rather anti-rehab counselors, from the
beginning.
After all, The Blind Inc song tells about how the rehab
counselors'
expectations are much too low. Mine wasn't supportive at all. She
wouldn't let me go to ORU, (Oral Roberts University,) because the
state wouldn't pay for it. I wanted to be in the ministry, but my
major would have been music. Now, why wouldn't the state pay for
it,
being that I was planning on going for a music major? I don't
know.
All I can say is that I'm glad she's out of there, and I have
someone
that cares about me, and my wishes. Blessings, Joshua

On 3/5/11, bookwormahb at earthlink.net <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Has your vocational rehab, vr, counselor been supportive of
> your goals?
> I don’t feel mine is.  First I wanted to go into education, but
> for several
> reasons got discouraged and decided against it for now; maybe
> in the future
> I can go to grad school for a masters in education with
> emphasis on teaching
> blind/visually impaired students.  But for now, I want a job in
> communications, development, something human services, or
> clerical support.
> I’m pretty open.  I got several federal internships through the
> intern
> program WRP, but don’t want to work in the government.  I just
> feel I won’t
> get much work in my job and will not be able to do outreach to
> the community
> there.
>
> My vr counselor discouraged education or childcare.  Now I feel
> she is
> encouraging me and all clients for that matter, to go into the
> public
> sector!
> Another comment that bothered me was to look for jobs near my
> home, rather
> than in the more urban city area where I was looking.  Gee, why
> limit
> yourself!  Why not get a job near transportation as long as
> your commute is
> reasonable!  Why limit myself to one location?
>
> I feel as if counselors don’t have the highest expectations for
> clients.
> Fortunately, I know successful blind people working in many
> areas; I know we
> should be defined by our other strength and abilities and
> interests, not
> blindness.
>
> Okay just had to vent some.
> Ashley
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