[Blind-international-students] Query

[jan wright]

Hi Cartik,
I don't know about MIT specifically, but there are many computer
engineers who are blind.
Cary Supalo is a blind chemist and there are blind physicists, so I am
sure that they have ways of overcoming the sciences.
I think that Cary is on the nfb.org web site.
There are also Science kits that you can get that will address the
blind person's issues such as graph paper and raised line supplies and
probes&measuring tools with audible alarms.
There is a Scientific calculator that is accessible for the blind, also.
But, maybe someone else can speak to these issues better.


On 8/28/10, Kartik Sawhney <sawhney.kartik at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This is Kartik Sawhney from India. I am currently in grade 10. I want
> to pursue Sciences in my higher classes, and then pursue engineering
> in Computer Sciences. However, there is very little awareness of blind
> students taking up engineering out here in India, and so Indian
> Institutes of Technology, which are one of the best institutes in
> India and globally too, are quite confused. There are a lot many
> problems cropping up. So, I've decided to pursue engineering from a
> foreign university. However, one of my friends in US has told me that
> the curriculum for Computer Science and Engineering there in
> universities like MIT is not suitable for totally blind students.
> Hence, is there any one who has successfully completed Computer
> Science Engineering, especially a foreigner? How far is the curriculum
> suitable for totally blind students?
>
> Anticipating your quick reply,
> -Kartik
>
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