[Blindmath] Questions about accommodations

[Birkir Gunnarsson]

On 1.6.2010 18:04, Lankford, Corinne wrote:
> Hi everyone!
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> We currently have an incoming Graduate student for the fall semester which he has requested a research assistant.  Is this a common accommodation provided?  If so, how many hours and what is the usual rate?  I plan to check with the library to see if they have someone on staff that can provide this assistance.  Any opinions, advices, tip, etc. is greatly appreciated!
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> Bests, Corinne
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> Corinne Lankford
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I did my undergrad in comp sci and finance at Yale University 1998 to 2002.
I am fully blind.
I used about 15 to 20 hours a week for readers, and then the hourly 
rate, I know, was $20, but the readers/mentors were masters or PHD 
students in either the discipline itself or at least in a scientific 
study. Undergrand readers were helpers for some of the 4 years and they 
got paid marginally less, but were a lot less effective.
The job duties are similar to what has already been mentioned.
For any practical things, getting around/errands type stuff I think the 
policy is more institution specific and if you agree to providing help 
in that area that should be a separate person at much lower rate, I 
believe, though I do not know for sure, it is much closer to minimum 
rate, may be $9/hour, or it was in 2000.
I had excellent screen reader skills and ppicked up math and science 
quickly, but I was not familiar with Nemeth and other math and science 
software that will enable better access and more independence for the 
student, though it may take some work to prepare the material in a 
suitable format.
I can write you off list about ideas, or even onlist.
I hope this helps some .. I do not believe any pay information I am 
giving is a private matter since it was discussed freely on campus, but 
if it is illegal or unethical to name figures I do apologize and I won´t 
make that mistake again (I am from Europe and never understood the 
edequette regarding income, I know there are rules and traditions).
Cheers
-B