[nfbwatlk] Am I crazy inr are they

Kaye Kipp kkipp123 at gmail.com
Fri Jul 6 20:37:40 UTC 2012


It seems to me that you ought to be able to get the information in an 
accessible format.  It's so easy to get Braille now.  Good grief.  At the 
very least, they should give you a web site.

Kaye
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "debby phillips" <semisweetdebby at gmail.com>
To: <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2012 8:50 AM
Subject: [nfbwatlk] Am I crazy inr are they


> Hello all.  I don't post much here on do list except to reply to messages, 
> since currently I'm part of the other organization, and kind of feel like 
> I shouldn't, but I'm ticked and I guess I need a reality check.  Last 
> Thursday I went to see my DSB counselor.  I am thinking of going to the 
> OTC (but am also thinking of going elsewhere) it's a matter of funding for 
> the other place).  But anyway, at the end of my conversation I said, Oh 
> yeah, and please ask them to send any information about the OTC in an 
> accessible format.  I think it's crazy to get a bunch of printed material 
> from an agency that serves blind folks in print."  She agreed.  So much to 
> my disappointed and indignation yesterday I received a packet of 
> information.  Some of it was print that needed to be filled out by me. 
> That in itself is rather inconvenient, to say the least, but almost all 
> applications, etc.  are in print.  However they sent me a 55-page print 
> document, The Residential Student Handbook.  Okay, I would be a 
> residential student.  I would assume that I am responsible for knowing and 
> adhering to the contents of that handbook.  But did I receive it in a 
> format that I would be able to access?  No.  They should, at the very 
> least, in my ever so humble opinion, have a link to the Student Handbook 
> online.  So I just want to know, am I crazy to expect such respect from an 
> agency serving blind folks?  I'd really like to know what! you all think. 
> Peace,    Debby
>
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