[nabs-l] Rehab Counselors, and ignorance of blindness

[Joshua Lester]

LOL!
I haven't got it yet.
If it's over $1000, they have to get a referral.
Blessings, Joshua

On 1/11/12, Amy Phelps <aphelps at bism.org> wrote:
> We aren't all perfect and sometimes I call things names that are totally
> different and have been known to call people I have known for decades the
> wrong name or forgotten their name completely. I'm just glad you got the
> pacmate instead of a packman
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Anjelina
> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 11:03 AM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Rehab Counselors, and ignorance of blindness
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> Joshua,
> I don't mean any disrespect, but could it have been a mistake by your rehab
> counselor?
> At times I mix up words or call items by different names; I don't think this
> is a matter of ignorance.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joshua Lester
> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 10:26 AM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: [nabs-l] Rehab Counselors, and ignorance of blindness
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> Hi, it's Joshua Lester.
> I'd like to discuss a topic, that has come up, in my life.
> I was telling you, that I might receive a Pac Mate, from my Rehab office.
> I'm not sure, if I told you, that my Rehab counselor slipped, and called it
> a "Packman."
> That's crazy, because I thought rehab counselors should, at least, have some
> knowledge of assistive technology, for the blind, that they're supposed to
> be assisting.
> Has anyone had trouble in the past, with Rehab counselors, in regards to
> this?
> What can we do, to stop this ignorance from spreading, within the state VR
> system?
> Thanks, Joshua
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