[nabs-l] Rehab Counselors, and ignorance of blindness
Chris Nusbaum
dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
Fri Jan 13 18:36:03 UTC 2012
I'd contact your affiliate President. We in Maryland have the
advantage of having the advocates from the national center in our
own backyard, but a lot of states don't have that advangage. So
someone from your affiliate would be good for that purpose.
"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
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:20:58 -0500
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Rehab Counselors, and ignorance of
blindness
Joshua,
No one gets everything they want or need. I recommend getting
family help to
purchase products or if needed turn to a charity such as lions
clubs.
Its my experience that the VR system isn't too helpful. I wanted
them to
authorize computer training from an outside service provider they
often use.
Well, months later in january, I still have no training. Once
authorization
is submitted, I get only eight hours. That isn't much, but
hopefully will
get me started with the applications I need to learn.
As far as people with more experience, there are tons; just ask
around in
nfb. Fred Schroeder is one but he is in VA, but he would travel
over there
as an advocate if something serious happens. Also, contacting
any number of
civil right nonprofits to be an advocate may help as well.
Ashley
-----Original Message-----
From: Joshua Lester
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 11:51 AM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Rehab Counselors, and ignorance of
blindness
It would be helpful, if we had people that had more experience
with
us, over our DSB, in headquarters.
I take what I can get, and I'm thankful for it, but I was
surprised,
when that all went down, on Monday.
Blessings, Joshua
On 1/11/12, Nicole B. Torcolini at Home
<ntorcolini at wavecable.com> wrote:
Then you need to critique the process, not the person who is a
part of it.
The fact that she did not know what a PacMate was was probably
beyond her
control. No, that is not crazy, especially if she has never
worked with
people who are blind before. The things that are part of our
every day
lives--PacMates, BrailleNotes, embossers, screen readers,
etc--are
completely new to sighted people, and the training programs for
councelors
probably do not have enough information.
Furthermore, Joshua, you really should consider how you
state your
feedback. I agree that you have many important and valid
points, but, if
phrased in the wrong way, certain people may start remembering
your
slightly
harsh comments more than your other qualities.
Nicole
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joshua Lester" <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 8:08 AM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Rehab Counselors, and ignorance of
blindness
I don't know if it was a mistake.
She's new, and she hasn't dealt with blind people before.
This is her first time.
I'll give her the benefit of the doubt, this time, but we need
to make
sure people know about the technology, so that Froidian slips
like
that don't happen.
The Department of Social Services has taken over VR, for my
state,
which complecates the problem, though.
Blessings, Joshua
On 1/11/12, Anjelina <anjelinac26 at gmail.com> 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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