[nfbwatlk] Am I crazy inr are they

[debby phillips]

Hello all.  I don't post much here on do list except to reply to 
messages, since currently I'm part of the other organization, and 
kind of feel like I shouldn't, but I'm ticked and I guess I need 
a reality check.  Last Thursday I went to see my DSB counselor.  
I am thinking of going to the OTC (but am also thinking of going 
elsewhere) it's a matter of funding for the other place).  But 
anyway, at the end of my conversation I said, Oh yeah, and please 
ask them to send any information about the OTC in an accessible 
format.  I think it's crazy to get a bunch of printed material 
from an agency that serves blind folks in print."  She agreed.  
So much to my disappointed and indignation yesterday I received a 
packet of information.  Some of it was print that needed to be 
filled out by me.  That in itself is rather inconvenient, to say 
the least, but almost all applications, etc.  are in print.  
However they sent me a 55-page print document, The Residential 
Student Handbook.  Okay, I would be a residential student.  I 
would assume that I am responsible for knowing and adhering to 
the contents of that handbook.  But did I receive it in a format 
that I would be able to access?  No.  They should, at the very 
least, in my ever so humble opinion, have a link to the Student 
Handbook online.  So I just want to know, am I crazy to expect 
such respect from an agency serving blind folks?  I'd really like 
to know what! you all think.    Peace,    Debby