[blindLaw] LSAT Study/Test Accommodations

Sat Dec 14 00:04:13 UTC 2019

You might not need it.
Since I prefer to read and write in braille, I used it for notes and
my writing sample.
Should you wish, you could use a computer instead.

On 12/13/19, John Gardner via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Seif,
> Now I am worried and have more questions. What was your notetaker for?
>
> Thanks
> John Gardner
>> On Dec 13, 2019, at 4:10 PM, Seif-Eldeen Saqallah via BlindLaw
>> <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> It depends on your situation.
>> For me, also a totally blind individual and during the days of the
>> paper LSAT, I asked for the following;
>> (Please adapt without copying my language):
>>      To whom it may concern,
>>
>>      In order to receive a fair and competitive chance at achieving a
>> score on the LSAT, and in order to compensate for my visual deficit,
>> which prevents me from processing any and all  visual information,
>> including written text of any size, I officially request the following
>> accommodations to be administered on the LSAT test, in accordance with
>> LSAC’s disability policy. As outlined in "Accommodations That May Be
>> Available on the LSAT," I request the following:
>>
>>      (1) a Screen-readable HTML test, accessed by a computer equipped
>> with the screen reader software Jaws 14 or higher, in order to read
>> and answer the test questions (Accommodation 3);
>>
>>      (2) extended (up to, and including +100%) double time for all
>> multiple choice, writing, and break sections, in order to have time to
>> read, process, and answer the questions (acc4);
>>
>> (3) the use of a computer equipped with (the screen reader) Jaws 14 or
>> higher for the Multiple choice and writing sections, in order to read
>> and answer the test questions (acc2, 5);
>>
>>      (4) the use of headphones to listen to the test;
>>
>>      (5) the use of an electronic braille writer (I.E., HumanWare
>> BrailleNote mPower) for all sections, multiple choice and writing, in
>> order to record resultant answers;
>>
>>      (6) the use of a printer to print resultant answers (acc5);
>>
>>      (7) the ability to record answers electronically, I.E., on an
>> electronic braille writer such as the HumanWare BrailleNote mPower)
>> (acc7); and
>>
>>      (8) the ability to electronically take notes (I.E., electronic
>> scratch paper on the BrailleNote) to substitute for cited marginal
>> notes, highlighting, underlining, ETC.  (acc17).
>>
>>      This request is not made in order to obtain an advantage over
>> other test takers; it is only made to provide a need-based, reasonably
>> fair, alternative to taking an otherwise visual test.
>>
>>      Sincerely,
>> Name.
>>
>> I was also given a private room in which to take the exam and some breaks.
>> Some have also used spreadsheet software for the logic games, an
>> skillset beyond me.
>> If you need it, also request spellcheck.
>> And, for documentation, submit everything you have:
>> previous school IEPs; school accommodations; medical stuff--everything
>> able.
>>
>> These days, things might be different.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Seif
>>
>>> On 12/13/19, John Gardner via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> List,
>>> My name is John  Gardner. I have been on this list before, and I get off
>>> after I get the answers that I am looking for. When I get those answers I
>>> then forget what the answers were. I am not going to get off the list
>>> this
>>> time.
>>>
>>> Anyway here is what I am wondering. How does a totally blind person study
>>> for the LSAT? I may end up going totally blind before I take the LSAT. I
>>> am
>>> wondering if I do lose all my vision what are some accommodations that
>>> totally blind people use on the LSAT? How does/did a totally blind person
>>> take the LSAT?
>>>
>>> Any ideas, suggestions, or help of any kind as to how to do things
>>> pertaining to the LSAT totally blind are greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> John Gardner
>>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
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-- 
Seif Saqallah
(Pronouns: he/him/his.)
University of Michigan
Juris Doctor/
Masters in Middle Eastern and North African Studies
J.D/M.A Candidate | 2021

International studies, Arabic Studies, and Judaic Studies;
Law, Justice, and Social Change
B.A | 2017

248-325-7091
seifs at umich.edu

Student Attorney | International Transactions Clinic
University of Michigan Law School
3120 Jeffries Hall
701 South State Street
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
www.law.umich.edu/ITC

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