In a message dated 9/9/2007 4:49:50 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
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Could we imagine a situation today if people had to be refered for eye tests
to consultants by GP's
with all the waiting that involves, to be denied a simple remedy of
spectacles without which there
education would be held back? I think not, but this is what we effectively
have here, it is
political. Larry
Well, actually it does happen that some blind/visually impaired people must
go through a GP then an ophthalmologist before they can get to vocational
rehabilitation services, which then sometimes insist the person go to the
ophthalmologist that is paid by the agency. Only after enduring all this
gatekeeping and time-wasting can the student apply for low vision spectacles or closed
circuit television systems or computer software, and these things are often
denied. Oh, the money that is put into the salaries of all the gategeepers
that could have been more wisely spent providing services in the first
place... And the students lose semesters or fail because they don't have the
proper support services. It's criminal. I think the problem you point out,
Larry, is common across categories of impairment and pretty much a function of the
rehabilitation and other disability-related industry's protection of its own
payrolls and budgets..
Beth
Beth Omansky, Ph.D.
Portland, OR
USA
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