[BlindMath] request for advice

[Sina Bahram]

They don’t. Pure and simple. That is not to imply that convincing them of this or the University of that fact is going to be pure and simple, but as a matter of fact, this is a perfectly reasonable accommodation. Their security concerns can be easily handled, as they are for thousands of students across the country.
 

sent from my phone.  Please excuse brevity or errors.

> On Dec 12, 2018, at 7:41 PM, David Farmer via BlindMath <blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> A possibly trivial comment:
> 
> Why does the the course coordinator have the final say in this matter?
> 
>> On Wed, 12 Dec 2018, Carlos Garcia via BlindMath wrote:
>> 
>> Hi All,
>> I am a current freshman in college, and I have run into a significant
>> problem. Next week, I am scheduled to take my final exam in math class. I
>> planned on taking this exam in braille. Unfortunately, I was recently
>> informed that the coordinator of the course refuses to release the exam for
>> transcription, as he is uncomfortable with the exam being off campus for a
>> week (the time it takes to transcribe the exam into braille). His argument
>> for this is that the course consists of over 800 students, and he fears a
>> leak of the exam.
>> At this point, I'm not exactly sure what to do. they have offered to
>> transcribe it into latex for me, but I don't entirely feel comfortable with
>> that quite yet. That's why I've always asked for it in braille. The other
>> alternative they've suggested is that they provide me with a reader,
>> although it is uncertain if they could provide me with a content literate
>> one. Regardless, I don't do my best with a reader, and this is also why I
>> have always requested braille.
>> Do any of you have any advice on what I should do?
>> Thank You all,
>> Carlos
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