[Blindmath] Students should know their legal rights!

[Steve Jacobson]

susan,

These kids at the Youth Slam are generally high school and maybe even junior high students.  Much of what you say 
about the law still applies, but the landscape gets more complicated.  Some school districts can simply be royal pains, 
while others try but just don't have the resources.  Some see the answer to be using large print when the student 
should be using braille or at least both modes of reading so they side step some of the difficulties that way.  

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Sat, 16 Jul 2011 17:32:16 -0600, Susan Jolly wrote:

>Birkir,

>Thanks for the great feedback; I agree with everything you've written.

>As far as your upcoming contact with the NFB students, I hope that someone 
>at the SLAM is knowledgeable about the latest laws.  It is actually illegal 
>for universities and colleges in the United States to not provide accessible 
>materials in a student's desired medium in a timely fashion.  Moreover, if a 
>student produces class work in a standard format, such as braille, the 
>university is obligated to pay the costs of converting that format to 
>whatever format is required by the professor.

>I can understand an individual student's reluctance to be viewed as a 
>troublemaker but I believe that if a few more braille-using students were 
>willing to actually sue their DSS offices when they don't meet their legal 
>oblications, a lot of the current problems with lack of materials would go 
>away a lot more quickly!

>Susan 


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