[Ohio-talk] OOD and braille instruction

[Marianne Denning]

I think it is a lack of truly knowing what it means to have a disability.

On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 3:11 PM, Eric Duffy via Ohio-Talk <
ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> 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:
> >
> > > So what is the purpose of OOD? This is a questions to see what everyone
> > > opinion is?
> > > Delcenia
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Ohio-Talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> > > Marianne
> > > Denning via Ohio-Talk
> > > Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2017 2:24 PM
> > > To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org
> >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
> > > Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired
> > > (513) 607-6053
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-- 
Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired
(513) 607-6053