[blindlaw] conference call for LSAT

[Aimee Harwood]

I agree with you both and would like to be a part of the call as well.

Aimee

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> On Jun 30, 2014, at 4:25 PM, "Sexton, bruce via blindlaw" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Okay, sounds like we have interest.  
> 
> I propose some of the following topics,  add to it please.  Each major topic
> might be substantial enough to be their own call.  If we want to skip a
> topic due to lack of interest we can.  
> 
> Accommodations
> *  requesting accommodations from LSAC
> *  What accommodations have been granted in the past.
> *  What test formats are available 
> *  Of the available test formats, what is included, what are the
> challenges/advantages to each
> 
> Test Preparation
> *  test prep material or companies that are most accessible. (Kaplan's books
> are new and not completely accessible as of June 30, 2014, bookshare's
> formulas are removed in the Logic game sections)
> *  how to self-advocate for accessible material.
> *  what if self-advocacy does not work?  
> * what are work around people use?  
> 
> LSAT Alternative Techniques Advantages and challenges:
> *  Excel
> *  Braille
> *  Magnet boards or other physical pieces 
> *  speed and accuracy (what is blindness related and what is lack of
> practice/skill/ individual limits.) 
> * keeping track of all the elements (answer choices, queries, passages,,
> game rules, pieces etc.)
> 
> 
> Reader/amanuenses:
> 
> * to use or not to use
> * how to strategically use a reader/amanuenses on the LSAT or in preparation
> *  prep with a LSAC chosen reader 
> 
> Rehab:
> 
> *  What are the strategies people use to request rehab's assistance.  
> * what kinds of services have VR programs provided pre-law students?  
> *  What law schools should a student attend while seeking VR assistance?
> *  what can VR provide while in law school?  
> 
> 
> I propose we have someone take notes to provide future blind students the
> info we come up with.  We could update the info or have calls like these
> periodically.  
> 
> -Bruce 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Stewart,
> Christopher K via blindlaw
> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2014 5:02 AM
> To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] conference call for LSAT
> 
> Hello All,
> 
> Please count me in on this conference call. My perspective is that of
> someone who could not get support from his local Voc Rehab because of
> the cost of the prep courses but who nonetheless scored very well on
> the exam using only prep books gathered from Bookshare.
> 
> It is time for those of us in practice and in law school to move
> toward creating a single place as a resource for blind students
> interested in taking the LSAT particularly where continued increases
> in accessibility of legal materials makes the mainstream legal
> profession more and more viable for blind individuals. Speaking from
> my own experience, the actual process of making law school accessible
> has run much more smoothly than that of taking the LSAT. In fact, the
> headaches surrounding the LSAT created undue anxiety toward law school
> itself. There is no reason for the LSAT to be more stressful than it
> already is.
> 
> Best,
> Chris
> 
> -- 
> Chris K. Stewart
> University of Kentucky College of Law, J.D. Candidate, 2016
> California Institute of the Arts, B.F.A. 2010
> Ph:
> (502)457-1757
> 
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