[Nfbf-l] light house of the palm beachs

Thu Apr 7 23:13:49 UTC 2011

Hi Everyone,
I thought I would weigh in on this one since I spent almost a year in Rustin
Louisiana in 2009. DBS is much more reluctant to send students to one of the
NFB Centers than was once the case. 

The NFB centers are very expensive if you are not a resident of either
Louisiana or Colorado. The position DBS is taking today is if the client is
determined to go to one of our centers that client must pay the extra out of
state monthly expense which is quite sizable. DBS will likely only pay for
the same amount necessary for blind people to go to the local rehab center
here in Daytona Beach. 

I wouldn't take anything for having gone to Rustin to attend the Louisiana
Center. I did things I never dreamed I could do and all of this did wonders
for my self-confidence in traveling with the long white cane and not to
mention working with all sorts of power tools plus shopping for and
preparing a meal for 40. We did far more than that and I suggest the you
google Louisiana Center for the Blind Rustin.  

I just think that those of you who are wanting to go to a NFB center, the
road will be extremely rough. DBS has already sustained a major budget cut
and this cut-back in funds has a major effect on the various lighthouses
around Florida. 

If you can make it happen - going to one of our centers, I wish you every
success. 

Kathy Davis
 and the  

-----Original Message-----
From: nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Sherri
Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 2:38 PM
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Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] light house of the palm beachs

What David is trying to say is that through DBS, you have the choice to
attend whatever training center you wish to attend, be it Daytona, Colorado
or Ruston or any other one for that matter. You have to justify why you want
to go to a particular center, but you need to be aware and make the choice
that is best for you.

Sherri
----- Original Message -----
From: "RJ Sandefur" <joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com>
To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] light house of the palm beachs

>I thought the scalarships were only for those persons going to school. Is 
>this true? RJ
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Evans" <drevans at bellsouth.net>
> To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 1:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] light house of the palm beachs
>
>
>>
>> Dear R.J.,
>>
>> If you are in it for half a loaf, why not a whole loaf?
>> Have you considered going away to Daytona, Ruston or even Colorado for 
>> your training?
>>
>> It is your life, so why not get the best training you can.
>> DBS can send you out of state for this training.
>> Under the Freedom of Choice provisions of the Rehab Act, you have the 
>> right to choose where you want to go for that training.
>> It is true that DBS can send you, but they only have to pay what it cost 
>> to send you to their own training center in Daytona and you could be on 
>> the hook for the rest, but they can also pick it all up and pay for it 
>> too.
>> Kathy Davis when there a couple of years ago and you could ask her for 
>> her input about it.  Rehab training is just like Post Secondary Education

>> and training.    If a student wants to go to college and specialize in a 
>> subject or career, they want the best training possible, Right?
>> If you wanted to be a lawyer you might want to go to a school that 
>> specializes in the kind of Law you want to practice, such as at 
>> Princeton, Yale, Harvard or Stanford.  If you wanted to be an engineer, 
>> you might go to M.I.T., Georgia Tech, Michigan  or U.C.L.A.
>> This is why picking a place that has the best training you can get is 
>> important as it will determine the course of the rest of your life.
>> I learned, in training for the Olympics that if you want to be the best 
>> at what you do, then you need to run with the best and do what they do. 
>> If you do that there will come a point when you will be the best.
>>
>> I hope that you can come to the NfB National Convention in Orlando and 
>> see it for yourself.  You will be able to talk to many people who have 
>> attended NFB training Centers and get some first hand knowledge from 
>> them.
>> Ask your DBS counselor for some help in attending the Convention.  They 
>> have sent students to the conventions before.
>> You still even have a couple of days to do an application for a 
>> scholarship to attend the convention under the Jernigan Scholarship 
>> Program which would give you funding to attend.  The cut off date is 
>> April 14.
>> Get the info at www.nfb.org  .
>>
>> David Evans, NfBF and GD Jack.
>> "The person we become is determined by 3 things.  The experiences we have

>> had, the people we have met and the books we have read."--Mark Twain.,"
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "RJ Sandefur" <joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com>
>> To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 5:55 AM
>> Subject: [Nfbf-l] light house of the palm beachs
>>
>>
>>> Any one in the palm beach area, What is your opinion of the light house 
>>> of the palm beaches? My meeting with the Florida division of blind 
>>> services went great, and I am satisfied with my councilor! However, my 
>>> family is soar displeased with me, but this isn't their life, it is mine

>>> and I felt it was time for me to stop making excuses, and be a man and 
>>> just go ahead and do this for me and not any one else! Robina brought up

>>> what Steve Luther said about me not being capable of doing mobility, and

>>> my councilor would hear none of it! She said I was going to be receiving

>>> independent living training, along with orientation and mobility I've 
>>> heard Steve Matson from the light house is really good. What do you guys

>>> think of my good news? RJ
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