[Ohio-talk] Buckeye Update

Fri Aug 15 22:31:54 UTC 2014

Absolutely ridiculous! I don't understand why, as an organization, people refused to offer clients braille, when it is clear that it is the faster option. It just makes me mad.

Aleeha Dudley and seeing eye dog Dallas 
Vice President, Ohio Association of blind students
Blindcowgirl1993 at gmail.com
"The wind of Heaven is that which blows between a horse's ears." Arabian proverb 

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> On Aug 15, 2014, at 5:42 PM, Marianne Denning via Ohio-talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> That is terrible.
> 
>> On 8/15/14, Dawn via Ohio-talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> About  Braille  and the B SV I  well  I just ment a gal a couple months
>> back
>> off  a sight called the blind community.  Her name is Amy  and we hit it
>> off
>> real well she has been talking to a cpoiunslor  called Monica  at  the B S
>> V
>> I  same one I have  anyways   I am totally upset with  them because of my
>> own training with them and the sight center  Amy called me today and told
>> me
>> a lot of things  about her visit with Monica   it was very upsetting  she
>> told Amy  as they told me  that she shouldn't worry about learning braille
>> that she needs to focus on new technology   and some other things I really
>> don't want to get in,  but the thing she told her that really got to me  is
>> Monicia  gave her a phamplet  from the A C B  and she told amy to look it
>> over   that she wasn't or didn't understand why  she was so N F B pro  she
>> really don't agree with the N F B   that Amy needed to try to use the
>> seventeen hundred dollar machine that she took to  Amy house  and Amy told
>> her  that she couldn't use the machine because she has very little vision
>> Monica told her just try it and read over the pahamplet  wow  Amy told me
>> she likes the n F B  that they sent her a free cane  and Monica told Amy
>> she would havd to buy her own  the whole visit was very upsetting  I just
>> don't understand why she whould put the N F B down  and talk about another
>> one I have Amy loving the N F B  and she plans on joining our chapter  if
>> and when we get one in Toledo  but she may just join the at large chapter
>> now  so Braille is not important  as they told me   this is just bull  and
>> the N F B isn't that great .  this is bull also if it wasn't for Barbara
>> Perce  I wouldn't be  like I am today   the pep talk she gave me on the
>> phone when I went blind almost ten years ago made such a big difference  I
>> love the N F B
>> Awn Lanting  from Toledo
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ohio-talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Eric
>> Duffy via Ohio-talk
>> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2014 12:51 PM
>> To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List
>> Subject: [Ohio-talk] Buckeye Update
>> 
>> National Federation of the Blind Of Ohio Friday, August 15, 2014
>> 
>> Third place goes to the dogs. Well I guess I should say to the Dog Users.
>> You might, of course know, that I am referring to the fact that the Ohio
>> Association of Guide Dog Users is the third organization to turn in its
>> membership list. I would have put money on Loraine County coming in third
>> after talking with the president yesterday, but that just goes to show you
>> that you never know what's going to happen in this outfit.
>> 
>> On Tuesday afternoon, Deborah Kendrick was a panelist at the state-wide
>> meeting for BSVI Counselors. The topic was Braille. BSVI asked for a
>> presentation, because Deborah and I have been talking about how important
>> it
>> is that BSVI clients have the opportunity to learn Braille should they
>> choose to do so. We believe that it should be a given that Braille will be
>> a
>> part of the training provided by the agency unless the consumer opts out.
>> Braille is a skill that counselors should encourage consumers to master to
>> whatever degree is possible. For some individuals we might be talking about
>> no more than functional literacy. Others might become highly literate and
>> proficient in Braille. This is a song we're going to have to keep playing
>> until it gets stuck in the heads of BSVI staff. Deborah represented us
>> well,
>> and I thank her for that.
>> 
>> I then talked about why counselors should attend the conventions of
>> consumer
>> organizations. The fact that we had to present these topics at all tells me
>> that we have a long way to go in our efforts to educate the Vocational
>> Rehabilitation Agency and the Public as a whole. What other group has to
>> keep waving the literacy banner? Counselors understand the need to
>> participate in meetings of Trade organizations. Why must we offer carrots,
>> candy, and apples to motivate them to get involved with organizations of
>> the
>> blind?
>> 
>> I remind you to get your newsletter articles and other information to
>> Barbara Pierce as soon as you possibly can. Today is the deadline for
>> submitting this information, but the window of opportunity will be opened
>> for a while longer. We are working on the convention issue, so it will be
>> out in early September if not before.
>> 
>> We made $515 from our ticket sales for the cash drawing. remember that
>> Susan
>> Day was the winner of the $500 prize. We are a little more than a month
>> away
>> from our Board of Directors meeting in Columbus on September 20. The
>> meeting
>> will be at our convention hotel which is the Holiday Inn, Worthington 7007
>> North High Street. You are invited to attend and participate in the
>> meeting.
>> 
>> I hope all chapters and divisions are hard at work on their annual reports,
>> and that this year's Gavel Award competition is going to be a spirited one.
>> Get those reports in to JW.
>> 
>> We must gather high quality auction items for the Not-So-Silent Auction
>> that
>> will take place on the Friday evening of convention. Let me know what you
>> are contributing, and I will be glad to include it in a future update. I
>> certainly hope to have some good reports by the time of the fall board
>> meeting.
>> 
>> I remind all chapter presidents that on Monday evening at 8:00 PM., we will
>> have a conference call for those who are interested in at least exploring
>> the possibility of bringing a BELL Program to your area of the state next
>> summer.Remember this is an exploration discussion only at this point.
>> Please
>> use our usual conference call line. (605) 475-4875. Access code 201909
>> followed by the pound sign.
>> 
>> I will write again next week. As I said a few paragraphs ago, there is
>> still
>> much to be done in order to teach others what we already know in the
>> National Federation of the Blind. The National Federation of the Blind
>> knows
>> that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future.
>> Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low
>> expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can
>> live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.
>> 
>> 
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