[nagdu] 2 things, what is a sleep shade, and update on my application

[Tami Kinney]

Jenny,

Good for you! You must be so excited by now!

A sleep shade is a blindfold, and one cannot see through it. In other 
words, when an assessment of my ability to perform tasks of any sort 
under sleepshade results in the conclusion that I am using my "really 
great vision," there is something inherently implausible about that 
conclusion. Because, of course, no one can use their vision to do 
anything while wearing a sleep shade! That's the point of the 
sleepshade. Sigh.

In other words... I don't have really good vision, to begin with, didn't 
then, have less now. My eye exams at the time indicated that I did not 
have vision to use in reading street signs, etc., etc., that I was past 
reading print even. I hadn't been able to read street signs since before 
I was legally blind, actually. Didn't have good enough vision even with 
correction to do that!

So the really great vision under sleepshade isn't the only obviously, 
er, crazy thing this agency has come up with, and I'm not the only one 
to have had such "determinations" made that impact VR, reports to guide 
dog schools, etc. For some reason, though, these things are believed... 
Go figure!

Anyway, glad you are getting on with your application and closer to 
being matched to your new partner!

Tami

On 05/22/2012 06:57 PM, Jenny Keller wrote:
> I thought a sleep shade was kind of like a blind fold, but from other posts, it sounds like you can see through it.  Which is it?
>
> the other thing is that my rehab stuff has cleared through my school, and once my TB test is looked at either tomorrow or Thursday, my doctor will clear me too.  I'm just waiting on my mental health clearance, which I've heard nothing about yet.  I'm going to call my people there and light a fire under them to get it going.
>
> they say that the nurse will then have to look all of that over and then clear it.  Once it's decided by the nurse that all is well, the home interview will be scheduled.
>
> Cross fingers, or pray, or whatever you do to send good energy to the school.
>
> I think I'm almost half way there to getting a dog.
>
> glad to hear from all of you and glad that all of you are doing well.
>
> thinking about you all.
>
> Jenny
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