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

[Chris Nusbaum]

My English teacher always would call my BrailleNote, which I 
would often refer to as my notetaker among sighted people, a 
"notes reader."

Chris

"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: "Hope Paulos" <hope.paulos at gmail.com
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
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Date sent: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:28:30 -0500
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
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carly" <carlymih at earthlink.net
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Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 2:10 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Rehab Counselors, and ignorance of 
blindness



 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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