[fcb-l] Drug rehab centers for the blind?

[Mike Ulrich]

Hi everyone.
Yesterday, while I was in front of a Circle K selling the FCB raffle tickets.
A gentleman told me that he knew of a friend in New Jersey who needed to check into some kind of drug rehab center after deciding that after years of drug abuse, he was finally ready to get the help to quit.

His friend was visually impaired. Believe it or not, he said that there was not a facility in the whole state of New Jersey that would take a blind individual for drug rehab treatment. They wound up taking him to a place in Vermont!

So my question to this group is, does this sound true?
And most importantly, can this actually happen in the state of Florida?
If a person finally decides to get the help to save their life and then they get denied treatment, because they are blind?
This really shocked me. But perhaps the man telling me all this left something out. I don't know.
So, has anyone heard anything like this?

I truly hope this kind of thing, is NOT happening anywhere!

Thanks,... Mike
Michael Ulrich
President
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
COUNCIL OF THE BLIND
Phone: 239-540-7431
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