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

Sat Jan 14 03:51:08 UTC 2012

That's what I thought.  JAWS costs over a thousand, let alone a 
notetaker.

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: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net
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Date sent: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:07:18 -0500
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Rehab Counselors, and ignorance of 
blindness

Chris,
the pacmate costs over  a thousand too.

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Nusbaum
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 1:35 PM
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Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Rehab Counselors, and ignorance of 
blindness

Well, my guess is they'll have to get a referral.  I don't know
about the price of a PacMate, but the BrailleNote costs a lot
more than $1000.

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: Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
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Date sent: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:29:15 -0600
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Rehab Counselors, and ignorance of
blindness

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

Thanks!
Amy C.  Phelps
410-737-2642

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

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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