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

[Gloria G]

can we please move on and stop feeding into the complants
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hope Paulos" <hope.paulos at gmail.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Rehab Counselors, and ignorance of blindness


> This was probably just an honest mistake from your counselor. There are 
> many pieces of assistive technology out there and a lot to remember for 
> those people who don't even use it.  My  former vr counselor couldn't 
> remember the name for the vr stream. She called it a stream reader. 
> Something as small as this mistake should be overlooked. I don't think she 
> meant anything by it.
>
> Just my opinion.
>
> Hope
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> From: "Carly" <carlymih at earthlink.net>
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>>
>> Joshua,
>>
>> What a self centered, insensitive response to workers who, as a rule are 
>> way overworked! It isn't all about you and your PackMate which, in my 
>> opinionis a piece of shit anyway.
>> Besides, are you trying to tell us that you have never used a wrong term, 
>> particularly about something with which you have ZERO, familiarity?
>> PLEASE!
>> centeAt 08:02 AM 1/11/2012, Anjelina wrote:
>>>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
>>>
>>>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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>>>Anjelina
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