[Ohio-talk] OOD and braille instruction

[Eric Duffy]

I am not going to get into the purpose discussion, but I work for an agency in which the Director says, "Say yes when you can say no only when you must. This applies to all staff. Think about what that means. Imagine if Kevin Miller walked into the agency on January Third and said from here on out this is my new decree. This is how our agency will operate. The man and the agency could make a tremendous in the lives of the blind and disabled during what is left of the Kasich administration. With that alone as an operating concept blind people could thrive. With a positive understanding of blindness much more would be possible.

Eric

On Jan 5, 2017 2:51 PM, Marianne Denning via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> OOD stands for Opportunities for Ohioans With Disabilities. It used to be 
> Bureau of Services for the Visually Impaired or BSVI. I apologize for using 
> just the letters. 
>
> On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 2:47 PM, Delcenia via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org 
> > wrote: 
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> > So what is the purpose of OOD? This is a questions to see what everyone 
> > opinion is? 
> > Delcenia 
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> > Cc: Marianne Denning <marianne at denningweb.com> 
> > Subject: [Ohio-talk] OOD and braille instruction 
> > 
> > Does everyone remember that at our state conventions we have been told that 
> > bblind adults do not want to learn braille in Ohio so it is not needed 
> > here? Also, on the rare occasion when someone requests braille the 
> > individual is referred to Hadley. I have been doing some research. I have 
> > learned that when braille is recommended by a rehabilitation teacher OOD 
> > counselors will not provide the service. I have also learned that if 
> > someone wants other training from a vision rehab therapist it is usually 
> > limited to four hours of service. I understand this is in an effort to hold 
> > down costs but this severely limits the ability of a blind adult to learn 
> > skills to live independently. I do not blame the counselors for this but 
> > the people at the top of OOD. 
> > 
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> > Marianne Denning, TVI, MA 
> > Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired 
> > (513) 607-6053 
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