[Ohio-talk] OOD and braille instruction

[Wanda Sloan]

No one is perfect!  The system does make mistakes and I agree that more
needs to be done about this lack of not having enough instruction in
Braille.  Our coordinators don't even read Braille so, how can we expect
them to have a more knowledgeable feeling of our need?  Most do not even
have disability training!  More focus could assist our coordinators to
assist us better.  This is only my opinion.
Sloan here.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ohio-Talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Marianne
Denning via Ohio-Talk
Sent: Thursday, January 5, 2017 2:51 PM
To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Marianne Denning <marianne at denningweb.com>
Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] OOD and braille instruction

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
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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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(513) 607-6053
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