[Ohio-talk] shelters not take blind?

[COLLEEN ROTH]

 Hi Barbara,
I can absolutely say that this happened to someone in our chapter. The person was eventually placed in a shelter which had a separate room for this person's safety.
We had a person in Toledo who had Developmental Disabilities who was at our Battered Women's Shelter.
Lucas County DD did not have any room for her for a couple of months.
The ywca shelter had significant difficulties meeting her needs.
She didn't understand the concept of time, could not use a microwave, could not do laundry, could not shop for herself, had hygiene issues, etc.
I didn't have any room or she would have been with me.
I know all about this case because I knew her from a Church Group.
She came with her sister.
I know about her time at the Shelter because Yvonne and I took her out for outings.
We also met with the Shelter Staff.
The young woman from Church was at the shelter because of abuse perpetrated by a relative.
Colleen Roth



----- Original Message -----
From: Barbara Pierce <bbpierce at pobox.com>
To: "'Ationfb of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List'" <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
Date: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 11:49 am
Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] shelters not take blind?

>
>
> 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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