[BlindMath] request for advice

[vincentfmartin2020 at gmail.com]

This is an easy win, but can take too much time to win when  you are a student.
This is the type of problem that is best suited with a phone call or e-mail from a Disability Rights attorney who can explain how easily the school can make the US Department of Ed bulletin board for dumbness.  


-----Original Message-----
From: BlindMath <blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Sina Bahram via BlindMath
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2018 8:01 PM
To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Sina Bahram <sina at sinabahram.com>
Subject: Re: [BlindMath] request for advice

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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