[blparent] school issue again

[Steve Jacobson]

Diana,

First, we have to be sure what you have been told.  Do you have a BookShare membership?  Are you being told that even if you have a BookShare membership that you can't get these books even if they are 
available?  It isn't clear what the situation is.

While I believe that we as parents should be able to get accessible copies of textbooks used by our kids, I do not know if the law is clear as to what degree parents should have such access.  Therefore, we 
really do need to look for cooperative solutions with the school districts.  If there is a restriction that prevents books from NIMAS from be provided to parents, that might be something that we could work to 
change, but I'm not certain what is the case here.  A school district that is dealing with a child who is not disabled isn't going to know what might work best for disabled parents, we have to gently educate them.  
They may also not have any legal obligation to help disable parents but may still be willing to do what they can.  I do not think the legal rights here are necessarily clear.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Tue, 17 Feb 2015 21:25:37 -0600, Dianna via blparent wrote:

>You are correct and how do we go about finding out why we as parents don't
>have access to books to help our children get educated the way we want too?
>I will have some help, but wish I did not have to depend on as much help.


>-----Original Message-----
>From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Steve
>Jacobson via blparent
>Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 8:30 PM
>To: Judy Jones via blparent
>Subject: Re: [blparent] school issue again

>All,

>Again, my understanding is that Diana is blind but her child is not so her
>child cannot get a BookShare membership.  Textbooks are often made available
>from NIMAS, and there is possibly some additional restrictions because of
>that process.  However, it would be good to know for certain what the issues
>are, as blind parents should be able to get accessible copies of texts to
>assist their children.  There are some complexities here, though.  

>Best regards,

>Steve

>On Tue, 17 Feb 2015 18:02:07 -0700, Judy Jones via blparent wrote:

>>Are you blind yourself?  Could your child not be registered with 
>>Bookshare to get around the problem?

>>Judy


>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Dianna via blparent
>>Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 1:08 PM
>>To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
>>Subject: [blparent] school issue again

>>Let me try this again.  I need access to school books because I am the 
>>learning coach for my child who is attending Chicago virtual charter 
>>school and just started there.  Most of them are on Bookshare, but I am 
>>not a student or a "teacher" so I can't get them.  Is there a way 
>>around this since this school has a blended method of teaching which 
>>includes online, classroom, and print?  The online portion and print 
>>portion is at home with me and I am the "teacher" at home.  I just 
>>don't have a degree.  She has no disability.





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