[Ohio-talk] OOD and braille instruction

Thu Jan 5 22:07:34 UTC 2017

Marianne, I think that's what I said. I think that this shows that OOD is
not measuring up to  its purpose of helping blind people to become
independent. Not independent in employment skills and not independent in
homemaking skills.
 Cheryl

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Cheryl, the purpose of OOD is to find employment for people with
disabilities. Anything they do is related to this. We need to make an
argument that independence is absolutely necessary to find and maintain
employment. OOD will make the argument that you can be employed and live
with a sighted person so you don't need independence skills. That sighted
person can read your mail, write your checks, cook your meals, provide
transportation...so independence isn't needed. We definitely disagree with
this position. But we need to find a way to relate everything back to
employment or independent living for people who are visually impaired over
55 in the IL program.

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I think that this shows that OOD is not measuring up to  its purpose of
helping blind people to become independent.

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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
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> Marianne Denning via Ohio-Talk
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> 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
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