[Ohio-talk] OOD and braille instruction

[barbara.pierce9366 at gmail.com]

Please, let’s get it right. OOD is the new name for the Rehabilitation Services Commission, not BSVI. Richard made this slip on the convention platform, and Bob Nicholson corrected him instantly. This may not seem very important to some of us, but we undermine our contention that we are serious players at the state level when we get these names wrong. Sorry to be passionate about this, but I do think it is important. RSC became OOD. BSVI has been BSVI since the seventies when its name was changed from BSB, the Bureau of Services for the Blind.

Thank you,
Barbara
Barbara Pierce 
President Emerita
National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
Barbara.pierce9366 at gmail.com
440-774-8077
The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.

> On Jan 5, 2017, at 2:24 PM, Marianne Denning via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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