[blindlaw] How to Cope? - Law Student Sabotaged by DeanandProfessors

[Charles Krugman]

Anita, what seems to have happened to you is very unfortunate but it happens 
to students in all disciplines of advanced study. I went to college and 
graduate school at a time before the ADA and my success depended only on 
what I did or didn't do. In the sixties and seventies as a student I had to 
make sure that materials that I needed were readily available and if they 
weren't I had to make sure that readers were hired to record them or get 
them recorded by volunteers. Later when I made a career change about 15 
years ago and became a paralegal upon leaving the field of Social work when 
attending a community college I saw several students that were weeded out of 
the program in various ways. Law school especially does things to not only 
mold students in to certain roles but weeds out those who they feel might 
not make it in the profession. I have discussed with many sighted law 
students and lawyers the types of things that occurred in law school that 
could be considered to mold the individual in to a certain role. In some 
cases where I observed this taking place some of the people perhaps should 
for various reasons not have been in a particular academic program and 
others were the victims of harassment or discrimination.
Not knowing the specific circumstances of what was done I can only say that 
now that you know what was being done you can only assess the facts of the 
situation as well as how this impacts your desire to continue to study law. 
You may want to consider transferring to another law school and you may also 
want to consider the legal remedies that are open to you to address what was 
done to you. This is not an easy situation for someone to be in because if 
they use legal remedies that are open and continue to study in the 
particular school in question there could be additional difficulties that 
may occur as a result of taking action. Whatever happens you will need to be 
very strong through this period and ask for much support from people who are 
around you and who are sympathetic. I hope this helps.
Chuck Krugman, MSW Paralegal
1237 P Street
Fresno ca 93721
559-266-9237

-----Original Message----- 
From: Anita Keith-Foust via blindlaw
Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2014 8:26 PM
To: 'Bryan Schulz' ; 'Blind Law Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] How to Cope? - Law Student Sabotaged by 
DeanandProfessors

Wow!

-----Original Message-----
From: Bryan Schulz [mailto:b.schulz at sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2014 11:05 PM
To: Anita Keith-Foust; Blind Law Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] How to Cope? - Law Student Sabotaged by Dean
andProfessors

hi,

Your question is not limited to law.
In Missouri, the supervisor of a district rehabilitation office forced one
adaptive computing contractor out of business and forced another contractor
to return to Florida when clients were assigned to her favored contractor
that was twice as expensive and doesn't even reside in Missouri.
The result was loss of income and the first contractor is now seeking other
computer related employment.
Bryan Schulz

----- Original Message -----
From: "Anita Keith-Foust via blindlaw" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
To: <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2014 5:30 PM
Subject: [blindlaw] How to Cope? - Law Student Sabotaged by Dean
andProfessors


> Happy Holidays Everyone!
>
>
>
> I have recently come across information that a particular law school's
> dean and other faculty members secretly conspired to "encourage" a
> visually impaired student not to complete law school. They actually
> put the conspiracy in writing among themselves via email!
>
>
>
> They do not come straight out to the visually impaired student and say
> that they are going to violate the Americans with Disability Act. Nor
> do they say they will intentionally ignore the agreed upon
> accommodations. The tactics they used include making it difficult by
> refusing to put the documents in the right format, not giving the
> documents (PowerPoints, etc.) in a timely fashion, and generally
> refusing to follow the accommodations agreed upon.
> By
> the time the visually impaired student documents and files complaints,
> they are behind in class. That is part of the plan to convince the
> student that law school is not for them.
>
>
>
> Have you encountered this problem? If so, how did you deal with it?
>
>
>
> I also would like to know about the experiences of visually impaired
> and blind students who successfully completed law school. For example,
> did the professors follow the agreed upon accommodations? Where your
> classes stationary, i.e., in the same classroom all day?
>
>
>
> I would like to know how blind and low vision law students cope with
> the first year of law school when sabotage is  the plan of the deans
> and professors.
>
>
>
> What have your experiences been like?
>
>
>
> Thank you.
>
>
>
> Anita Keith-Foust
>
> 919-430-1978
>
>
>
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