[BlindMath] request for advice

[Zach]

Someone else on this list will know better than I do, but I'm fairly
confident that if you do best taking tests in Braille, the university,
regardless of this professor's fears of the exam being leaked to the general
student body, cannot deny you a Braille version. I ran into this issue on
rare occasions during college and my disability services office (DSO) was a
strong advocate for me in this regard. One solution was for the prof to
provide a  make-up-exam or to write a completely new one to be transcribed
by the DSO.  If your DSO is not being helpful in this regard, I recommend
contacting NFB staff for advice. 


Feel free to contact me off-list if you think I can be of further help.
(zm290 at msstate.edu)  There's nothing that can  make your college education
better than having a supportive DSO. Conversely there's nothing like a bad
DSO to stress you out. 

I hope this helped.

Zac

-----Original Message-----
From: BlindMath <blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of George Bell via
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Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2018 5:53 AM
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Subject: Re: [BlindMath] request for advice

Surely there are approved transcription services in your country who already
produce examination papers in braille.

We certainly have here in the U.K., and they are extremely tightly
controlled, to the extent that only specifically named individuals are
permitted in to the security transcription area.

Material posted to and from the agency is always via Registered Delivery and
has to be specially sealed.  Etc., etc., etc..

George (From the UK)

-----Original Message-----
From: BlindMath <blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Carlos Garcia
via BlindMath
Sent: 13 December 2018 00:33
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Cc: Carlos Garcia <gcarlos108 at gmail.com>
Subject: [BlindMath] request for advice

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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