[NABS-L] internship issue

[Elizabeth Rouse]

 It might also be of benefit to you to contact the New Jersey student
division president and the New Jersey affiliate president. They may have
some suggestions as they know the area better than most. If you would like
to get ahold of either of them, feel free to reach out to me off list, and
I can provide their contact information.
Best of luck!

On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 6:08 PM Emily Schlenker via NABS-L <
nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi. What a cool field of study! I am writing into offer you encouragement
> and assure you that you are under no obligation to limit yourself to only
> facilities for the blind. I wish I could say this is the last time you will
> encounter this level of discrimination, but we both know that is probably
> not the case. Hang in there, contact as many people as you can, and never
> hesitate to tell people about yourself and what you are doing. You never
> know when someone might have a great lead for you. The people who are in
> charge of helping to place you in an internship  have no understanding of
> the amount of problem-solving that most of us are capable of, and it is
> frustrating that they can limit you so much based on their own ignorance.
> May I ask what types of facilities the students with eyesight are placed
> in? I am not very familiar with this field. It might help me to come up
> with some ideas.
> Emily
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Sep 17, 2019, at 5:40 PM, Alba Milla via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> > My name is Alba Milla and I am a senior at Kean University in Union,
> > NJ. I am majoring in Therapeutic  Recreation and am running into some
> > problems in being placed into an Internship Program in January 2020
> > which is required for my graduation. I am being told that there are
> > limited facilities that I may be placed at due to being blind. I was
> > told to apply to facilities with blind people. I live in Middlesex
> > County, NJ and have been reaching out to places with no positive
> > results. If you are blind and have experienced a similar problem and
> > have a solution would you kindly share with me. albi.milla at gmail.com
> > Thank you so much!
> >
> > Alba Milla
> >
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