[nabs-l] Help needed braille writer sudden denial and other OVRissues

[Vejas Vasiliauskas]

Hi,
By=20Braille=20writer,=20do=20you=20mean=20a=20Braille=20display=20or=20a=20=
Perkins=20
Brailler?=20The=20Perkins=20is=20a=20manual=20typewriter=20that=20is=20typi=
cally=20
used=20for=20math.
Either=20way,=20they=20can't=20justify=20that=20you=20don't=20know=20enough=
=20
Braille,=20because=20they=20are=20not=20you.=20=20You=20should=20point=20ou=
t=20that=20if=20
you=20didn't=20have=20a=20Braille=20writer=20at=20all,=20there=20is=20no=20=
way=20for=20you=20
to=20increase=20your=20Braille=20skills.
Attending=20a=20training=20center=20would=20be=20a=20great=20idea=20before=
=20you=20
start=20college.=20=20Although=20I=20have=20known=20Braille=20all=20my=20li=
fe,=20I=20have=20
a=20few=20friends=20who=20did=20not=20know=20any=20before=20training,=20and=
=20it=20has=20
helped=20them=20vastly.
People=20may=20try=20to=20steer=20you=20towards=20their=20center.=20=20I=20=
am=20an=20LCB=20
graduate=20but=20in=20reality=20they=20are=20all=20good.=20=20I=20chose=20L=
CB=20because=20I=20
had=20had=20such=20a=20positive=20experience=20there=20as=20a=20buddy=20stu=
dent.=20=20I=20
also=20know=20that=20they=20have=20great=20GED=20support=20should=20you=20w=
ant=20to=20
take=20them.=20=20The=20training=20typically=20lasts=20from=206=20to=209=20=
months.=20=20You=20
won't=20know=20until=20you=20have=20spent=20a=20long=20time=20there,=20how=
=20much=20time=20
you=20will=20actually=20need.
Do=20some=20research=20and=20have=20one=20training=20center=20in=20mind.=20=
=20As=20David=20
said,=20you=20need=20to=20visit=20the=20training=20centers=20in=20your=20st=
ate=20and=20
compare=20them,=20then=20write=20a=20justification.=20=20In=20my=20case,=20=
the=20
California=20training=20centers=20actually=20ended=20up=20costing=20more=20=
than=20
LCB=20would=20have.
Different=20rehab=20counsellors=20will=20work=20differently.=20=20For=20exa=
mple,=20
mine=20was=20very=20supportive=20but=20could=20only=20authorize=203=20month=
s=20at=20a=20
time.
HTH
Vejas


=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20Emma=20Mitchell=20via=20NABS-L=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Wed,=2021=20Dec=202016=2017:47:19=20-1000
Subject:=20[nabs-l]=20Help=20needed=20braille=20writer=20sudden=20denial=20=
and=20
other=20OVRissues

Hi=20everyone,
I=20need=20your=20help:

Can=20friends=20post=20why=20a=20Braille=20writer=20is=20necessary=20to=20l=
earn=20
Braille=20so=20I=20can=20send=20it=20to=20my=20counselor=20and=20also=20why=
=20it=E2=80=99s=20
important=20for=20college=20studies?
Also=20what=20training=20center=20is=20good=20and=20why?=20And=20for=20how=
=20long=20I=20
should=20go?
I=E2=80=99m=20fighting=20my=20OVR=20on=20these=20issues.
Ps.=20=20A=20braille=20writer/display=20was=20approved=20in=20October=20I=20=
just=20got=20
emailed=20a=20denial=20on=20Monday=20because=20I=20don=E2=80=99t=20know=20e=
nough=20braille.=20=20
Im=20trying=20to=20point=20out=20that=20I=20can=20not=20learn=20braille=20w=
ithout=20a=20
writer=20to=20practice=20please=20help.=20=20I=E2=80=9Dm=20in=20Pennsylvani=
a.
Emma
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