that's exactly what is wrong with traditional rehab as it was created.  the 
agencies don't even attempt to find a job for you until they have made enough 
money off you or any other client or seen to it that their psychologists and 
other persons with contracts with the agencies do.  then when and if they 
ever do find employment for us they make certain it is not the kind that will 
foster independence.  After all, if blind people had the same choices as 
their sighted counterparts and could tell these lighthouses and other places 
that pay subminimum wages where they could take their pitance of a job the 
agencies themselves would soon be out of business.  they have a vested 
interest in keeping us dependent.  
that's why the Randolph-shepherd program was never fully developed into the 
full fledged business opportunity it was originally intended to be; because 
the agencies didn't want it.  
Also, here in Louisiana several years ago when a course in the 
Randolph-shepherd program and related matters was offered which was called, 
"upward Bound," and contained information about Randolph-shepherd and other 
food service related matters, our B.E.P. Director, Pat Bradshaw made certain 
that modjule 2 of the program which was called, "Your rights and 
Responsibilities under Randolph-shepherd," was not even offered.  I wonder 
why that might be so?
Harvey 
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