[Ohio-talk] Understanding OOD issues

[Marianne Denning via Ohio-talk]

Many years ago when I was a vocational rehabilitation counselor anyone
who was legally blind would be considered most severely disabled.  I
believe that is still the case.  Just because you are legally blind
does not mean you will be determined eligible for services.  Do the
counselors in Ohio still use the requirements I discussed earlier?

On 5/18/14, Eric Duffy via Ohio-talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I want to be sure that we are all on the same page and speaking the same
> language when it comes to OOD. First of all we do not qualify for services.
> A determination about eligibility is made. When we apply for services, we
> have a right to have an eligibility determination made. Ohio has been under
> an order of selection for a number of years. A state may use an order of
> selection when the number of eligible consumers cannot be served with the
> resources at hand. Under an order of selection waiting lists are created.
> Those to be served first are those determined to be most significantly
> disabled, then the significantly disabled, then the disabled.
>
> OOd I am told will most likely lift the order of selection by the end of
> this month, at least this is the goal.
>  Over the years, blind people have been told that even if they apply for
> services, they will probably go on a waiting list and not get served. This
> has discouraged many people from applying. Yet BSVI tells us they don’t have
> enough people coming to them for services.
>
>
>  here are the seven functional categories used in evaluating a consumer’s
> significance of disability:
>
> Communication;
> Interpersonal skills;
> Mobility;
> Self care;
> Self direction;
> Work tolerance; and
> Work skills.
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Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired
(513) 607-6053