[Ohio-talk] Fw: [NFBAffiliatePresidents] Rehabilitation Study

[Dr. Smith]

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Dr. J. Webster Smith
President National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
P.O.BOX 458 Athens, Ohio, 45701-0458
Phone Number - 740-592-6326
"Changing What it Means to be Blind"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frye, Dan" <DFrye at nfb.org>
To: <nfbaffiliatepresidents at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 8:45 PM
Subject: [NFBAffiliatePresidents] Rehabilitation Study


> Colleagues:
>
> Attached, please find an extensive piece of academic research that,
> after all the jargon is stripped away, concludes that separate
> rehabilitation agencies serving the blind generally do a significantly
> better job at training, placing, and responding to the needs of blind
> and vision impaired people as opposed to similar services offered by
> general or combined rehabilitation agencies. The National Council on
> State Agencies for the Blind (NCSAB) contracted for the production of
> this study, and it follows up on a similar study conducted during the
> late 1990s. I do not know if this work has or will be published anywhere
> at this stage, so its academic credentials may yet need to be more fully
> established. Brenda with the Institute on Blindness (not its formal
> name, I realize) at Mississippi State University conducted this work.
> While the conclusions are not surprising and support our anecdotal
> consumer experience related to the value of  specialized agencies
> serving blind and vision impaired people, you may find it handy to have
> this recently released document available to you during the hostile
> political climate that most specialized agencies for the blind have been
> facing across America. While our own voices ought to be sufficient to
> persuasively convey this message, some policy analysts may place greater
> credence in qualitative and quantitative studies that have an academic
> ring to them.
>
> I have only read the introduction and major conclusions, but reading
> this is sufficient to convince me that this may be a resource that many
> of our leaders around the country will find useful. If circumstances
> permit, I may try and digest the content of this document and publish a
> consumer-friendly version of the major findings, with supporting detail
> ,for general review in the Braille Monitor. IN the meanwhile, if you
> have the inclination, the complete study is attached for your reference.
>
> With Kind Regards,
>
> ***********************
> Daniel B. Frye, J.D.
> Editor
> The Braille Monitor
> National Federation of the Blind
> Office of the President
> 200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place
> Baltimore, Maryland 21230
> Telephone: (410) 659-9314 Ext. 2208
> Mobile: (410) 241-7006
> Fax: (410) 685-5653
> Email: DFrye at nfb.org <BLOCKED::mailto:DFrye at nfb.org>
> Web Address: www.nfb.org <BLOCKED::http://www.nfb.org/>
> "Voice of the Nation's Blind"
>


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