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<blockquote data-quote="amelia" data-source="post: 516019" data-attributes="member: 14169"><p>I am always surprised at the perception people have that if you are legally blind there is all sorts of help available. The reality is that the help available is minor, and does not address the needs that difficult child has. </p><p></p><p>I would be thrilled to be able to access some kind of housing help for her, there is no such thing. I am very well versed in what the commission for the blind in NYS provides. They will attempt to find you a job, though they are not very good at it. The few jobs difficult child has had she got herself through leads from people we know. They do not get involved in housing help at all, nor do they provide any kind of transportation help. They will give you O & M, someone to come and help you figure out the bus routes and practice taking the bus, but if the bus doesn't go where you need to go, oh well.</p><p></p><p>They will give you a job coach to help you find a way, through technology and techniques, to keep your job despite the vision loss. difficult child has no problems functioning in her job and figures out that type of thing on her own. </p><p></p><p>What is needed is housing help for dysfunctional young adults, to ease them into independence. I have never seen a program like that anywhere. Being legally blind does not give a person access to a program like that anymore than a normally sighted young adult would have access.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="amelia, post: 516019, member: 14169"] I am always surprised at the perception people have that if you are legally blind there is all sorts of help available. The reality is that the help available is minor, and does not address the needs that difficult child has. I would be thrilled to be able to access some kind of housing help for her, there is no such thing. I am very well versed in what the commission for the blind in NYS provides. They will attempt to find you a job, though they are not very good at it. The few jobs difficult child has had she got herself through leads from people we know. They do not get involved in housing help at all, nor do they provide any kind of transportation help. They will give you O & M, someone to come and help you figure out the bus routes and practice taking the bus, but if the bus doesn't go where you need to go, oh well. They will give you a job coach to help you find a way, through technology and techniques, to keep your job despite the vision loss. difficult child has no problems functioning in her job and figures out that type of thing on her own. What is needed is housing help for dysfunctional young adults, to ease them into independence. I have never seen a program like that anywhere. Being legally blind does not give a person access to a program like that anymore than a normally sighted young adult would have access. [/QUOTE]
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