[nabs-l] Rehab Counselors, and ignorance of blindness

[Patrick Molloy]

I think we've exhausted this topic enough guys. The rehab counselor
made a mistake. Now let's move on. If we worried about every little
mistake that people around us made, we'd have pretty miserable lives.
Patrick

On 1/13/12, Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu> wrote:
> I'll just say, that it started with "S!"
> That one doesn't offend me as much, as the "F," word I hear alot, both
> at home, and at the college.
> Blessings, Joshua
>
> On 1/13/12, David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com> wrote:
>> Well, I am certainly not going to repeat it as there are those who
>> would be offended -- you can read as well as I, see below, I would
>> call a word for excrement a 4 letter word, and there was another in a
>> previous message.
>>
>> Dave
>> At 12:25 AM 1/13/2012, you wrote:
>>
>>>Hi, Dave,
>>>
>>>What 4-letter WORDS? 01:42 AM 1/12/2012, David Andrews wrote:
>>>>Please watch your language!  There are list members who take
>>>>offense at the use of 4 letter words and the like and most of us
>>>>could stand to use a little more civility in our lives in general.
>>>>
>>>>David Andrews, List Owner
>>>>
>>>>At 01:10 PM 1/11/2012, you wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Joshua,
>>>>>
>>>>>What a self centered, insensitive response to workers who, as a
>>>>>rule are way overworked! It isn't all about you and your PackMate
>>>>>which, in my opinionis a piece of shit anyway.
>>>>>Besides, are you trying to tell us that you have never used a
>>>>>wrong term, particularly about something with which you have ZERO,
>>>>> familiarity?
>>>>>PLEASE!
>>>>>centeAt 08:02 AM 1/11/2012, Anjelina wrote:
>>>>>>Joshua,
>>>>>>I don't mean any disrespect, but could it have been a mistake by
>>>>>>your rehab counselor?
>>>>>>At times I mix up words or call items by different names; I don't
>>>>>>think this is a matter of ignorance.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>-----Original Message----- From: Joshua Lester
>>>>>>Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 10:26 AM
>>>>>>To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>>>>>>Subject: [nabs-l] Rehab Counselors, and ignorance of blindness
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Hi, it's Joshua Lester.
>>>>>>I'd like to discuss a topic, that has come up, in my life.
>>>>>>I was telling you, that I might receive a Pac Mate, from my Rehab
>>>>>> office.
>>>>>>I'm not sure, if I told you, that my Rehab counselor slipped, and
>>>>>>called it a "Packman."
>>>>>>That's crazy, because I thought rehab counselors should, at least,
>>>>>>have some knowledge of assistive technology, for the blind, that
>>>>>>they're supposed to be assisting.
>>>>>>Has anyone had trouble in the past, with Rehab counselors, in
>>>>>>regards to this?
>>>>>>What can we do, to stop this ignorance from spreading, within the
>>>>>>state VR system?
>>>>>>Thanks, Joshua
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>Anjelina
>>
>>
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