[Blindmath] Questions about accommodations

[Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)]

Not the university's problem though. We all have stuff we have to do. I'd argue that in your case, the university should have had your math  materials to you on time and had that happened you wouldn't have needed to scramble at the end of term. 

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From: blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Birkir Rúnar Gunnarsson
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 7:38 AM
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Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Questions about accommodations

I disagree somewhat.
Take care of him/herself, yes, but things like
cooking/cleaning/laundry/getting around may take up an exceptional
amount of time from the actual studying, which presumably is the
reason the student is there, so some assistance to the student in that
area is not entirely unwarranted.
I had quite a crunch time when I got my math material a month late
with midterms coming up and I was very glad to have someone I could
pay to help me with errands and laundry when I was trying to catch up.
With regards to O&M, I belive the university disability office should
be familiar wit the local agencies and assist a student in getting
sufficient O&M training for classes and most frequent routes.
One could argue that such personal assistance is unreasonable but,
based on my experience, I think it can make a huge difference to get 2
ro 3 hours of personal assistance time a week and that can also lead
to better academic performance.


On 6/3/10, Susan Mooney <slemooney at msn.com> wrote:
> Totally understood in the case of a student who's a quad, le, but not for a
> regular ol' blind student who managed to get into a top notch university's
> graduate program.  That student should be expected to be able to take care
> of him/herself.
>
> SM
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