[blindLaw] Accommodations

[Julie McGinnity]

Absolutely. This is very common. My teachers never withheld
accommodations. Perhaps that happens more to low vision children
rather than blind ones? I don't know. But I remember being told that I
should not try to do advanced science and math classes because they
would be harder. Mostly I railed against the teachers who tried to
impose low expectations on me, and by the middle of high school I
joined the advanced science and math classes with my friends. I'm
sorry this is still happening.

Julie


On 1/25/22, Prevost, Ann Marie via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Thank you.
> You mean you were placed in remedial classes because of low expectations
> simply because you are VI ?
> That’s not right. What does it to docs child’s self esteem?
>
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> of: Justin Harford via BlindLaw
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> Date: Tuesday, Jan 25, 2022, 1:57 AM
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> Cc: Justin Harford <blindstein at gmail.com<mailto:blindstein at gmail.com>>
> Subject: Re: [blindLaw] Accommodations
>
> It would not surprise me if this was common. I never had a reasonable
> accommodation withheld by teachers when I was succeeding but there were
> several times when I was placed in remedial classes.
> Sent from my iPad
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>> On Jan 24, 2022, at 9:13 PM, Prevost, Ann Marie via BlindLaw wrote:
>>
>> I was wondering if anyone found this to be a common experience.
>> My VI child was interviewing a VI friend for a high school sociology
>> paper.
>> The friend, who goes to a prestigious NYC high school, said she finds
>> teachers expect less of her as a visually impaired student.
>> When she does as well or exceeds her sighted peers she finds certain
>> teachers stop giving her the accommodations she needs.
>> Obviously that is illegal, but what I am curious about is the prevalence
>> of this type of thinking. Is this common?
>>
>> Thanks for your thoughts.
>> ANN MARIE PREVOST
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Julie A. McGinnity
MM Vocal Performance, 2015; American University Washington College of
Law, JD Candidate 2023