[nabs-l] rehab counselors and expectations

[Joshua Lester]

Laura, I'm going to a community college now, but I'd like to go to
IBC, (Indiana Bible College,) via corespondence courses. Hopefully,
the state will pay for that! Blessings, Joshua

On 3/6/11, Laura Glowacki <orangebutterfly87 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >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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