[Ohio-talk] shelters not take blind?

[Sheri Beth Wells-Jensen]

FWIW, the shelter here in bowling green would have no problems accepting a blind person.  
All who need shelter are welcome.
The director tells me there should not be any such difficulties in Wood County and that she would be surprised if there were systematic barriers in any of the surrounding county or city shelters.  
There may be individual directors who need a nudge, but there are no such regulations on the books.
Sheri

sheri

On Aug 20, 2013, at 11:47 AM, Barbara Pierce <bbpierce at pobox.com>
 wrote:

> I had never heard that statement. I agree that it would be a very big
> problem if it were true. I am going to check with my local battered-women's
> shelter to see what they will say.
> Barbara 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ohio-talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cheryl
> Fischer
> Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 9:19 AM
> To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List
> Subject: [Ohio-talk] shelters not take blind?
> 
> I just read Colleen's post in which she said some shelters won't take a
> blind woman in. I thought I'd heard that before, but it sounded impossible.
> That's one of the reasons why I asked Cheryl Fields to give a few examples
> of unique problems or fears faced by blind women experiencing or wanting to
> escape domestic abuse. 
> 
> 
> 
> If it is true that a shelter would refuse to take in a person who is blind,
> should this not be a big focus  and action item of the NFB, both at the
> State level and Nationally? This would be as important as the fair wages
> issue. 
> 
> 
> 
> Cheryl 
> 
> 
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Dr. Sheri Wells-Jensen
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Associate Professor,
 Department of English

Coordinator,
 Linguistics Minor and
 TESOL Certificate

Chair,
 2013-2014 Faculty Senate