[nabs-l] Training centers not real world

[melissa Green]

Arielle I just have to say amen and right on.
I tell people that nfb center programs are what you make them to be.
I got out of my program what I needed and wanted and more because I put 
myself into it.
I will say its not a vacation at all.
Best,
Melissa R. Green and Pj
COAGDU President
"We love because he first loved us."

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arielle Silverman" <arielle71 at gmail.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 9:05 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Training centers not real world


Going to an NFB training center is nothing like a free vacation! If
you treat the center like a vacation, you usually aren't funded to
stay beyond the first few weeks.
Arielle

On 11/13/13, Beth Taurasi <denverqueen1107 at comcast.net> wrote:
> On 11/12/2013 8:24 PM, Bridgit Pollpeter wrote:
>> Why do you assume it's the training center and not employers still
>> buying into stereotypes and negative perceptions? And the 70%
>> unemployment rate always mentioned is a little misleading because this
>> number includes children, seniors and those enable to work for health
>> reasons. So while the number is still too high, it's not 70%.
>>
>> I know blind people more than capable, out there trying to find work,
>> and many employers won't give them the time of day merely because they
>> are blind. This isn't always the case, but in my experience, the
>> untrained, under-qualified blind people sitting at home don't want to
>> work and are not out looking for employment. So the blind people seeking
>> jobs tend to be more than capable of working, but employers don't want
>> to hire blind people. This recently happened to my husband because the
>> company didn't want to deal with supplying or allowing accomodations. An
>> investigation is currently underway with this company now. He's more
>> than qualified with his degree, 15 years of work experience and
>> currently pursuing a second degree.
>>
>> And with the current economic situation, many people are sitting at home
>> unemployed. For the first time in years, college graduates are back
>> living with parents because the jobs just aren't there.
>>
>> So there's more to this picture than you present. For someone going on
>> about living in the real world, you should really consider all the
>> variables and present a bigger picture because there's more to this
>> story.
>>
>> Bridgit
>> Message: 7
>> Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 17:47:31 -0500
>> From: "RJ Sandefur" <joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com>
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>> It's one thing to say the NFB centethey either did not learn anything or
>> they just took a free vacation at rehabs expence!rs are top noch, but
>> the
>> proff is in the pooding. If the JNFB centers are so great like everyone
>> says
>> they are, then why are we still seeing 74 percent of blind people not
>> employed? Why is it that I know some graduates of NFB training centers
>> who
>> sit on their backsides all day and still live with their parents?
>> Apparently
>>
>>
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> I am also thinking you didn't think of those with psychiatric
> illnesses.  We are discriminated against so often we don't get jobs as
> it is, and 80% of mentally ill women who give birth to children are in
> danger of having those kids taken away.  Those kids need to be with good
> families, but I would prefer it if the judges wouldn't just stereotype
> the mentally ill in all one basket.  Training centers aren't always
> equipped to deal with dual disabilities.
> Beth
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