(I hope this is allowed here, if not, please delete). FYI - NJ Commission for
the Blind may soon be hiring one or more rehabilitation teachers. Currently,
applicants do not need to be certified, but must be able to read and write
Braille, have graduated from college, and have a good understanding of the
nature of work that Rehabilitation Teachers do. Feel free to email me for more
info.
Margaret Stroud, M.A., COMS
Supervisor, Independent Living
NJ Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired
100 Daniels Way
Freehold, NJ 07728
Direct line: 732-409-3277
Email: Margaret.Stroud@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Main number: 732-308-4001
FAX: 732-308-4104
www.cbvi.nj.gov
"The highest result of education is tolerance"
Helen Keller
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[visionrehabtherapist] FW: [AERNet] Hot Topics in VR + Aging
[visionrehabtherapist] Re: bathroom aids
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From: Ike Presley <ipresley@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [visionrehabtherapist] FW: [AERNet] Hot Topics in VR + Aging & Vision
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2017 14:06:02 +0000
Just an FYI
Ike Presley, TVI, CLVT, CATIS
National Project Manager
American Foundation for the Blind
739 W. Peachtree St., Suite 250
Atlanta, GA 30308
404-525-2303
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Subject: [AERNet] Hot Topics in VR + Aging & Vision Loss, Special Guests Janet
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You're invited! Save the date!
Join
former RSA Commissioner, Janet LaBreck, & the U.S. Senate Special Committee on
Aging's Disability Policy Director, Michael Gamel-McCormick
for
Hot Topics in Blindness-Related Vocational Rehabilitation and Aging Policy and
Practice: A National Town Hall Teleseminar
hosted by the
American Foundation for the Blind
and the
21st Century Agenda on Aging and Vision Loss
Wednesday, May 10, 2017, 3pm Eastern
To join the call:
Dial: 1-866-939-3921
Enter code: 44731081#
Advocates for quality vocational rehabilitation (VR) and independent living
services for people who are blind or visually impaired continue to be concerned
about the future of blindness-related VR service delivery and the funding and
direction of the Independent Living Services for Older Individuals who are
Blind (OIB) program. In addition to a growing population of potential OIB
program clients and federal spending that currently only allows less than 2% of
clients who could benefit from the OIB program to actually receive services,
recent developments in VR policy and practice are raising troubling questions
for many advocates. How will the U.S. Education Department's new VR regulations
closing the door to so-called homemaker closures potentially hurt clients and
further burden the OIB program? What intended and unintended consequences may
be expected from Congress's requirement that 15% of VR agencies' federal
resources be devoted to transition-related services? And how are these and
other developments, such as the renewed rhetoric of the Rehabilitation Services
Administration (RSA) against so-called non-integrated employment settings,
particularly AbilityOne programs, likely to play out over time?
On Wednesday afternoon, May 10, from 3:00pm to 4:30pm Eastern, you are invited
to engage with key congressional and federal agency players with first-hand
expertise in these critical questions. AFB and the 21st Century Agenda on Aging
and Vision Loss are hosting a free teleseminar town hall for any and all who
may be interested in the future of the VR and OIB programs, the scope and
quality of services provided, and federal funding for their future success.
Join a lively and interactive discussion with former RSA Commissioner Janet
LaBreck, under whose leadership the most recent VR regulations were developed.
Ask your questions, raise your concerns, and learn from a national expert in VR
service delivery about how to better distinguish fact from myth about the
Education Department's stance on this array of critical issues. Then, we will
turn with Ms. LaBreck to an extended conversation about the future of the OIB
program and how advocates can work most effectively with policymakers to
protect and enhance the program during these unpredictable times.
We will also be joined by the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging's
Disability Policy Director, Michael Gamel-McCormick, for a behind-the-scenes
look at what policy possibilities might be on the horizon in Congress and how
best to navigate the current turbulent climate. In his Committee staff role in
service to Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Ranking Member, Mr. Gamel-McCormick is
quickly becoming the go-to Capitol Hill staffer on all matters both disability-
and aging-related.
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summarizing work to date in each of the four goal areas of the 21st Century
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personnel, collaboration to maximize resources, and Medicare coverage of low
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From: Pat Wilson <patncavi@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2017 11:23:48 -0400
Subject: [visionrehabtherapist] Re: bathroom aids
Is she accompanied into the bathroom? If so, the assistant could roll the paper
so it has a tail or fold the end hotel style.
Have you tried the speed laces for her shoes? A lot of doctors and runners
wear them. This is Maxi Aids version; https://www.maxiaids.com/easy-laces-white
The lace looks too long to me but you could shorten them or you could do the
same thing with her existing laces and a cord lock, You can find cord locks in
sewing supplies stores or here:
http://www.trisports.com/spcolo.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&scid=scplpspcolo-WHT&sc_intid=spcolo-WHT&gclid=CjwKEAjwoLfHBRD_jLW93remyAQSJABIygGpVgBOzsPILZy_oDcqVfw7k
On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 1:17 PM, Ruth Ferguson <Ruth.Ferguson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
H All
I am looking for a toilet paper dispenser or aid that will help my
multiply impaired/visually impaired young adult find the end of the
toilet paper roll so she can be more independent in the bathroom.
Also... are there any tricks to typing shoe laces for this young lady?
WE have tried many things but so far have not found the thing that works!
Thanks for any help!
Ruth Ferguson
Teacher of the Visually Impaired
Yukon Education
1000 Lewes Boulevard,
Whitehorse, YT
Y1A 3H9
Phone: 867 667 8000 <(867)%20667-8000>
Fax: 867 393 6423 <(867)%20393-6423>
Website:
http://www.education.gov.yk.ca/index.html
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