[rehab] adjustment to blindness

Tue Sep 18 21:52:08 UTC 2012

Hello,

If  you want professional/scholarly texts on blindness rehabilitation and 
adjustment training, I recommend the following.

Go to this URL: http://www.pdrib.com/pages/research.php

Click on Critical Concerns in Blindness to find books on topics related to 
blindness rehabilitation and adjustment.
Click on Research reports for research findings related to rehabilitation.

Go to this URL: www.nfb-jbir.org
for research and professional articles on a variety of rehabilitation and 
adjustment related articles. These are peer-reviewed articles, mostly 
reports on research.

Finally, go to the NFB web page, go to the tenBroke library and look for the 
BlindCat catelogue. Although published and housed by NFB, this is a very 
comprehensive online catalogue with full text access that has tons of books 
and articles related to rehabilitation and adjustment--Not just NFB biased.

HTH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Anmol Bhatia" <anmolpbhatia at yahoo.com>
To: "Rehabilitation Counselor Mailing List" <rehab at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 2:49 PM
Subject: Re: [rehab] adjustment to blindness

Thanks Dick, these are all great ideas. I frankly don't shy away from the 
fact I am a Federrationest, and to be honest there are alot of things I 
agree with ACB on, however, for my professional life I want to present my 
students with both sides without taking sides. What I am actually looking 
for is some scholarly information that I can cite. So if anyone can provide 
me with some scholarly that I can use, I would appreciate it.

thanks
Anmol
I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps 
there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is vague, like a breeze 
among flowers.
Hellen Keller

--- On Tue, 9/18/12, Dick Davis <ddavis at blindinc.org> wrote:

> From: Dick Davis <ddavis at blindinc.org>
> Subject: Re: [rehab] adjustment to blindness
> To: "Rehabilitation Counselor Mailing List" <rehab at nfbnet.org>
> Date: Tuesday, September 18, 2012, 2:18 PM
> Anmol,
> Don't fall into the traditional agency trap of neutering
> anything that has
> to do with the NFB. No other profession would reject
> good ideas because
> of the source, and the NFB has tons of stuff. So use
> it, and attibute it.
> Look at the Braille Forum and see if there is information in
> that which
> you can use, and if you do, attribute it to the ACB.
> If you find stuff on
> the AFB website, use it and attribute it to the AFB.
> And so forth. You
> cannot embrace all points of view, because some would be
> negative to what
> you are doing, but you can discuss even the negative stuff
> and ask people
> what they think about it. be open about the fact that
> you are a
> Federationist, and do not apologize for it. Trust that
> your students will
> be smart enough to figure out what is best for them, after
> sorting through
> all the information they get from you. Let them know
> the times and dates
> of organization meetings too - NFB and ACB, and encourage
> them to attend
> to see what each offers.
> Dick Davis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rehab-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:rehab-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf
> Of Anmol Bhatia
> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 10:11 AM
> To: Rehabilitation Counselor Mailing List
> Subject: [rehab] adjustment to blindness
>
> Hello,
> I am working on developing a curriculum for adjustment to
> blindness for my
> current job and I am wondering if anyone has done this and
> would not mind
> sharing tips on what to include and how to measure the final
> outcome. Are
> there any books, classes, or literature you would recommend?
> Since I do
> not work for an NFB Center, and need to be unbiased, I don't
> want to push
> the NFB Philosophy. However, this does not mean that I
> should not use any
> of the NFB literature, but if someone can provide me with
> some pointers
> from an unbiased point of view I would really appreciate it.
> Does anyone
> do adjustment to blindness training as part of their job? If
> so, how do
> you handle it? Any thoughts or ideas would really be
> appreciate it.
>
> Anmol
> I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me
> sad. Perhaps
> there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is vague,
> like a breeze
> among flowers.
> Hellen Keller
>
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