[nabs] Letting go :-(

Fri Dec 3 23:26:09 GMT 2010

Thanks Laura. I sent her an email after a phone convo with the director of 
the technology department this afternoon He gives me great insight since he 
was once on the client end and now  he works for the agency. So, I sent her 
an email about some software that I will need before the case is closed and 
hopefully I want have any problems. keep your prayers flowing and/or fingers 
crossed :-)
Netta
"Just because you are blind, does not mean you lack vision"-Stevie Wonder
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Laura Glowacki" <orangebutterfly87 at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion list for NABS,National Alliance of Blind Students." 
<nabs at acb.org>
Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 4:58 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs] Letting go :-(


> Since you  are not asking for much, it stands to reason that you
> are certainly not taking away from someone else's resources.  And
> besides, it's quite obvious to all of us that any resources you
> might utilize would be put to very good use!  Don't sell yourself
> short, and I applaud your efforts to persue this.  Keep us
> updated.
>
> Laura
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dornetta" <dornetta at gmail.com>
> To: "Discussion list for NABS,National Alliance of Blind
> Students." <nabs at acb.org>
> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 9:10 AM
> Subject: Re: [nabs] Letting go :-(
>
>
> I have put a call into the higher ups in Columbia especially the
> director of
> the technology department where I am receiving the most help.
> Whether or not
> my counselor has my best interest at heart is a major concern for
> me but I
> do believe that I may have put my  proverbal foot in my mouth
> during the
> convo with her on yesterday. See, I am at a 2-year college right
> now but I
> am making the steps to transfer to the 4-year institution. With
> that being
> said, I have already graduated fromn one program of study-Human
> Services and
> now am taking classes for my Associates in Arts program-I was an
> dual major.
> She kept saying during the phone convo...when do you graduate and
> I said
> everytime 2012-not letting on the I have already graduated for
> fear that she
> would say that we were finished since I didn't update my IPE. She
> then talk
> convincely about how they are not providing a real service to me
> because I
> am not needing any services and she was right since I don't
> contact them for
> anything! So, my head is telling me that while she wants to get a
> 26-Closure, she is right and this is the right thing to do but my
> heart is
> telling me I have just been stepped on. I know that I will
> probably have
> guilty feelings  if I am holding services up from someone else
> because or if
> the case load is too full especially when I am not  contacting
> them  for any
> services (O&M , etc). I am awaiting a phone call from the tech
> department
> about this since that is where I receive the most services from.
> Thanks,
> Netta
> "Just because you are blind, does not mean you lack
> vision"-Stevie Wonder
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "NABS Student Advocate Editor"
> <editor.acbstudents at gmail.com>
> To: "Discussion list for NABS,National Alliance of Blind
> Students."
> <nabs at acb.org>
> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 12:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [nabs] Letting go :-(
>
>
>> Hi Dornetta,
>>   First of all, never apologize for a lengthy email! They're my
>> favorite kind to get, smile.
>>
>>   I can't really say that I "know" where you're coming from.
>> Here in
>> NY, your case remains open until you have found employment,
>> paying
>> over a certain dollar amount, for a certain period of time.
>> I've had
>> an open case with my Commission for the Blind (your Voc/Rehab
>> or DORs
>> or whatnot) since I was a few months old. I will say that if
>> you and
>> your counselor feel that this is the best move for you, than it
>> probably is. I like to hope that you have a wonderful counselor
>> who
>> has nothing but your best interests at heart.
>>   In terms of school, I think your college needs to hire a new
>> Disability Support person ASAP. Not just for you, but for all
>> the
>> students on the campus who may need services. I don't know you
>> well,
>> but you strike me, from speaking with you and what you have
>> shared on
>> the list, to be able to advocate for yourself. This may not be
>> the
>> case for the other students, so a support person I would think
>> would
>> be quite needed.
>>
>>   I know that it may be scary to be all by yourself with this.
>> But
>> you're really not. You have us, who will help and encourage
>> however we
>> can, and your family who, I'm sure, are proud of you and will
>> happily
>> support and advocate for you. One word of advice is when it
>> seems like
>> it's getting tough, take a step back. No need being
>> unnecessarily
>> overwhelmed.
>>
>>   I think you have a lot of vital tools in your toolbox. Though
>> it
>> seems scary to be missing some of those supports that you once
>> relied
>> on, I think you can do it. All you need do is spread your
>> wings.
>>
>> Wishing you all the best,
>> Caitlin
>>
>> On 12/2/10, Dornetta <dornetta at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> BlankHello all my peeps:
>>> I apologize for the length of this email right-off-the-top. I
>>> just got
>>> off
>>> the phone with my VR counselor here at the SC Commission of
>>> the Blind and
>>> she recommended that we close my case *sigh-tear*. I know that
>>> this is
>>> probably best since they are not really providing a service to
>>> me for
>>> school. After the initial assessment in 2007 and me starting
>>> school fall
>>> of
>>> that year, the only service that was provided has been
>>> technology
>>> assisstance. So, I know that this is probably the right thing
>>> but I can't
>>> help but feel like I am swimming among the sharks now and no
>>> one here to
>>> "save" me should troble arrive. To be perfectly honest, they
>>> were my
>>> "safety
>>> net", you know, someone to fall back on I.C.E. My original
>>> disability
>>> counselor from the school has left and right now, they haven't
>>> hired
>>> another
>>> in her position which means as far as school, I am alone or at
>>> least this
>>> is
>>> how I feel. I don't really go to them for anything particular
>>> unless it
>>> is
>>> major. Mrs. Mihal, my first and only counselor from the
>>> school, always
>>> made
>>> it a habit to introduce me to the people that she was working
>>> with at the
>>> school, like the people in IT and so on so that should any
>>> problems arise
>>> I
>>> could go to them directly if she wasn't available. This
>>> arrangement made
>>> it
>>> easier and allowed me to develop a working relationship with
>>> them instead
>>> of
>>> having Mrs. Mihal setting up meeting, training, and such. So
>>> now that
>>> Mrs.
>>> Mihal has left and I am in limbo and now with Deebie closing
>>> my case what
>>> do
>>> I do? I understand that all counselors want an 26-closure and
>>> she has
>>> said
>>> that she can and will reopen my case either when I graduate or
>>> should
>>> problems arise but I am still feeling "some kindof way" about
>>> this. Are
>>> any
>>> of you all in the same situation or have felt the same way?
>>> Any words or
>>> encouragement or help that you can offer me will be
>>> great...thanks fam,
>>> Dornetta
>>> "Just because you are blind, does not mean you lack
>>> vision"-Stevie Wonder
>>>
>>>
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