[Ohio-talk] HOW DO WE GET IT DONE?

[meandthedog at oberlin.net]

  I agree with you Eric. I remember that the agencies not only decided on
what is good behavior
and your politics. I wold have taken Ohio to court if it wasn't for N.Y.
giving me an opportunity
to go to college. I don' t think it has changed much.
I find in dealing with the state government is absolutely unmovable.
We do need a private organization with distribution of services by the
NFB, as you
have in Louisiana, and Baltimore.
I remember when the blind was in the same governmental  division as the
prisons.
Is that still true. In my day the blind were shoved away out of sight, and
no choices.
Things are better, but until we recognize Blind folks as full citizens,
and train them
in the latest and best education we will lag.
Megan and MS. P.





> Milena,
>
> Other than saying we should see that legislation is enacted you described
> how things should be in Ohio. Where does most of the funding for
> rehabilitation in Ohio come from? Where do the regulations implementing
> the rehabilitation act come from? The service providers in Ohio are
> private agencies. Does the General Assembly enact legislation as
> prescriptive as what you have described?
>
> It is true that the service providers would change their delivery model if
> the suppliers of the funds demanded it.
>
> I feel certain that the founding directors of the LCB, Blind INC., and the
> Colorado Center would tell us that their each of the centers was not
> welcomed with open arms in its respective state.
>
> If we had a separate commission for the blind, it would be much easier to
> do what you have laid out in your message. What we have right now is the
> Bureau of Services for the Visually Impaired that looks and operates
> exactly like the Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation.
>
> Eric
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