[Nfbf-l] Fwd: [fcb-l] another story on dbs chanel 6

[Beth Taurasi]

Omg, this is horrible.  I don't know why people are having problems like that.

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On Jan 17, 2013, at 11:07 AM, Carlos Montas <carlos.montas at gmail.com> wrote:

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>> From: "Montas, Carlos" <Carlos.Montas at dbs.fldoe.org>
>> Date: January 17, 2013, 1:02:43 PM EST
>> To: <carlos.montas at gmail.com>
>> Subject: FW: [fcb-l] another story on dbs chanel 6
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>> Carlos Montas
>> Senior Rehabilitation Specialist
>> Division of Blind Services
>> 1185 Dunn Avenue
>> Daytona Beach, Florida  32114
>> Phone: 386-254-3807 
>> Fax: 386-239-6107
>> Email: carlos.montas at dbs.fldoe.org
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>> From: fcb-l-bounces at acb.org [mailto:fcb-l-bounces at acb.org] On Behalf Of Easy Talk
>> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 6:20 AM
>> To: fcb-l at acb.org
>> Subject: [fcb-l] another story on dbs chanel 6
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>> Tallahassee, FL - The parents of a visually impaired girl are raising new concerns
>> about Florida's Division of Blind Services.
>> They say they're not getting the help for their daughter DBS promised.
>> They're so concerned, the family drove all the way from St. Augustine to Tallahassee
>> to talk to us about it.
>> Victoria Parson is an 11 year old sixth grader.
>> Visually impaired since birth, Victoria only has limited sight in her left eye.
>> She says it makes school work especially difficult.
>> "I do stress a lot keeping up with work and stuff and finding proper ways to do things,"
>> said Victoria.
>> To help with that school work, Victoria and her parents entered into a verbal agreement
>> with Florida's Division of Blind Services to have Victoria use a machine.
>> The reader or CCTV machine scans and magnifies pages to help Victoria read them.
>> Tammy Parson says as part of the August, 2010 deal, DBS agreed to take care of the
>> reader's maintenance for three years.
>> But Tammy says it's broken down twice, hasn't worked for months and despite her best
>> efforts to get DBS to fix it, it hasn't happened.
>> "They haven't called to say let's try something else, let's see about getting another
>> one, let's take another route," said Tammy. "They just called and said they weren't
>> fixing it or paying any more money and that's it," she said.
>> What also troubles Tammy is she was told by her DBS case worker the machine was new,
>> even though she gave it to her without a box.
>> However, when she checked after it broke a second time, she found an invoice showing
>> DBS bought the machine in 2008, more than two years before it was given to Victoria.
>> "I don't feel they were honest," said Tammy.
>> Additionally, the vendor listed on the invoice is not the same one who Tammy says
>> she was directed to contact after the machine broke down.
>> She says that vendor told her she used to work for Blind Services, but quit her job
>> to start her business.
>> As we reported last month, four DBS employees, including former Director Joyce Hildreth
>> either resigned or were fired in the wake of a private vendor scandal.
>> The bottom line for Tammy is getting Victoria the help she needs.
>> "I've called numerous times asking questions, never get any answers," Tammy said.
>> "I get the runaround or I'm told I ask too complicated questions," she said.
>> "I think they should help me considering that I am visually impaired and my needs
>> are going to be different from everybody else's," said Victoria.
>> A Blind Services Spokeswoman tells us the agency can't comment on individual clients.
>> However, she also says DBS is investigating the buying process for Victoria's machine
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