[nabs-l] meeting results and what to do to getaworkingcomputerfor college

[Joshua Lester]

Hmmm!
I'll E-mail you about something that might help you.
Blessings, Joshua

On 7/20/12, Beth <thebluesisloose at gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't know if I qualify because I'm on academic probation due
> to the failures of previous times in college.  What happens to
> people on academic probation and financial stuff with that sort
> of thing?
> Beth
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
> From: Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 18:53:44 -0500
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] meeting results and what to do to
> getaworkingcomputerfor college
>
> Also, do you not qualify for Pell grants?
> Thanks, Joshua
>
> On 7/20/12, Beth <thebluesisloose at gmail.com> wrote:
>  Exactly my point.  I can't afford school with SSI only and the
>  loans aren't worth crap.  Even with Obama's little forgivenes
>  plan on loans, it's still not worth a lick to pay the darn
> things
>  back.
>  Beth
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>  From: David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com
>  To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>  <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>  Date sent: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 16:10:44 -0500
>  Subject: Re: [nabs-l] meeting results and what to do to get
>  aworkingcomputerfor college
>
>  The basic answer to your question is yes, a person can just go.
>  But ...
>  if you are a client of rehab, have an approved plan, etc., then
>  they pay
>  for stuff.  So, she may need to get rehab's approval for
>  financial reasons.
>
>  Dave
>
>
>  On 7/20/2012 12:10 PM, Ignasi Cambra wrote:
>   I really don't know how the system works in the US so I'm sorry
>  if I
>   sound completely ignorant, but why do you care so much about
>  what
>   rehab wants you to do? If you want to go to college can't you
>  apply to
>   schools just like anyone else?
>
>   Sent from my iPhone
>
>   On Jul 20, 2012, at 8:37 AM, Beth <thebluesisloose at gmail.com
>  wrote:
>
>   Thanks for the link even.  They don't want me to have a Mac
>  because I'm "not proficient."  They are interpreting even a few
>  keystrokes as "no proficiency."  I don't know what to say or do
>  at this point because I want to succeed in college and thi
> stupid
>  work assessment training, but whaut they did to me, I don't know
>  whether it should be pointed out or avenged.
>   Beth
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: "Brandon Keith Biggs" <brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com
>   To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>  <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>   Date sent: Thu, 19 Jul 2012 22:21:14 -0700
>   Subject: Re: [nabs-l] meeting results and what to do to get a
>  workingcomputerfor college
>
>   Hello,
>   If you graduated high school and got excepted into college, you
>  should just
>   go and tell them that you're going and you need this, this and
>  this in order
>   to be independent. You need to have a technology assessment by
> a
>   professional blind technology person and it's your right to get
>  that
>   assessment. If your counselor doesn't get you the meeting with
>  the adaptive
>   technology professionals, talk to their supervisor. Let the
>  supervisor know
>   that your rehab counselor is keeping you from succeeding in
>  college and if
>   they want you to pass your classes, you have got to have a
>  computer. Because
>   you aren't someone with time to worry about a technology
>  failure, you really
>   need an apple computer that will be dependable and has the best
>  support in
>   the world.
>   http://www.apple.com/why-mac/
>   This is why you need a mac, and you have not had the experience
>  you want in
>   college with your PC, so because you want the best, you need to
>  have a Mac.
>   First rule of rehab, they want you to do and show what's best
>  for you. They
>   will only guide you if you let them. you must be sure, un
> moving
>  and firm
>   that this is what you want and there is nothing better you can
>  have, even
>   though there may be things you're uncertain about. Confidence
> is
>  the key and
>   independence is the way.
>   Thanks,
>
>   Brandon Keith Biggs
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Beth
>   Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 10:01 PM
>   To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>   Subject: [nabs-l] meeting results and what to do to get a
>  working
>   computerfor college
>
>   Hi.  The meeting with rehab was unsuuccessful in doing anything
>   but made me aware of stuff.  They don't want me to have a Mac
>   because they don't feel I should have one.  I understand they
>   don't buy macs in Colorado, but my concern about third party
>  apps
>   fell on deaf ears.  They want me to do a "situational
> assessment
>   and work adjustment training."  They found an agency for me to
>   work at, and they're forcing me to go to mental health group
> and
>   counseling therapies.  Honestly, I'm getting tired of this.  I
>   didn't think a mental issue would cause the employment to be
> the
>   top priority.  But I can't exactly go along with Rehab and
> their
>   plans.  They pretty much coerced me into doing the work
>   adjustment training, saying that I was "putting the cart before
>   the horse" with college and all.  But most sighted normal
> people
>   go to college and get a major.  What am I supposed to do?
>   Thanks,
>   Beth
>
>
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