[blindlaw] conference call for LSAT

[Aimee Harwood]

That would be very helpful for me. I want to go to a couple schools in PA and want to move there about a year early to hopefully qualify for some assistance with tuition via grants and tuition waiver as well as scholarships. I am currently living in TN and they are covering the Kaplan class right now but I don't know if they will do anything for law school.m

Aimee 

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> On Jun 30, 2014, at 4:46 PM, "Manners, Derek via blindlaw" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I would be happy to share my experiences on the Rehab section.  I applied
> to 11 law schools in 10 states and did detailed analysis of the VR
> situation in all the states I got accepted in.
> 
> I was also successful at getting the Kaplan small group tutorial paid for
> by interpreting some of the language in my IEP as covering it.
> 
> Finally, I was able to petition my VR to pay for me to attend an out of
> state school which might be an option if your VR is more generous than VR
> program in the state where the law school is located.  IL and MA Voc Rehab
> do not offer as much as TX did so I wanted to keep my plan with TX for
> example.
> 
> Best
> Derek
> 
> 
> On Mon, 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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