[blindLaw] LSAT Study/Test Accommodations
John Gardner
jdg.gardner2009 at gmail.com
Sat Dec 14 00:18:46 UTC 2019
Seif,
I hope others tell me what they did! I’m super super worried about it!
Thanks
John Gardner
> On Dec 13, 2019, at 6:05 PM, Seif-Eldeen Saqallah via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> 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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> 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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