[Ohio-talk] ADL Skills

Wed May 6 18:08:30 UTC 2015

I have visited all three centers, and I know lots of people who have found ways of making the break for an extended period. It is difficult. Sometimes people do it in a couple of summers. Sometimes they move their families to the area for the duration. Sometimes they travel home when they can. If you know Braille and computers, or if you can cook well, it does take less time. The program is molded to fit the evaluated need. The single biggest advantage to the residential program is the emersion in the culture. You don’t just have a cane lesson, you go to dinner or a ball game or a weekend trip using the cane as well. You don’t get away from dealing with blindness and alternative techniques.

Barbara
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> On May 6, 2015, at 1:46 PM, Rachel Kuntz via Ohio-talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Does anyone in the group have experience going to a center at an older age? I ask because the articles I have read have focused on people who are in ther late teens or early 20s. How does someone with children, a spouse, and a job separate themselves from that for such a long period of time?
> 
> This is not a critique, just a genuine curiosity about the logistics of doing something like this. I value your experiences and look forward to learning from it. 
> 
> Rachel Kuntz
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> On May 6, 2015, at 1:27 PM, Megan Shief via Ohio-talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
>> Good deal. Maybe that is why the new program of living skills was started.
>> Cheaper. I had known
>> that i might have considered it., i think you might need to  be younger
>> and preparing for work.
>> Thank you much. Me and MS. P.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> You can get funding for in NFB training center. You just have to fight for
>>> it here in Ohio. They have to let you go to whatever center you want to go
>>> to. In my opinion, the NFB training centers are the only way to get
>>> comprehensive training that's going to help you with your independence for
>>> the rest of your life. Not only do they help you learn new skills, but
>>> they help you improve the skills you already have.
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>>> On Apr 17, 2007, at 12:12 AM, COLLEEN ROTH via Ohio-talk
>>>> <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hello Everyone,
>>>> Some of you might have missed something in Kelsey's email. She has a job
>>>> working from home.
>>>> I am not sure about OOD paying for a nine month period at an NFB Center.
>>>> If I had a really good job I would learn ADL near home or at my house.
>>>> If my job wasn't that great and I could get funding for training at a
>>>> Center I would go for it.
>>>> I wish the Centers had been around forty years ago.
>>>> Kelsey is a braille reader.
>>>> Colleen Roth
>>>> 
>>>> 
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