NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Joseph Brock helped make Austin Peay State University’s television and radio studios accessible so he could pursue a career in sports broadcasting. Now, the senior who is blind says he cannot find a reliable way to get to them.
Brock says he learned Sept. 30 that his transportation through Tennessee’s Vocational Rehabilitation program was being canceled. Since then, he has struggled to reach campus from his home in Cross Plains and fears he may have to withdraw.
If I don’t have transportation there, then I’m going to have to withdraw,” Brock said.
The National Federation of the Blind of Tennessee is calling on the Tennessee Department of Human Services to immediately restore previously authorized rides while reviewing transportation changes that the organization says took effect Oct. 1.
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