[Mdpobc] Biology class accommodations

[Melissa Ann Riccobono]

Hello Maureen,
I am totally blind, and when I took biology I actually hired a lab assistant
to help me.  I used money from Wisconsin's Department of Vocational
Rehabilitation (the same as DORS in Maryland) to pay this reader/assistant.
This person was a biology major herself, and had taken the class I was
taking before.  She was truly my eyes during the lab.  She described what
she saw in the microscope--although we didn't use a microscope much
actually, helped me with the dissection of a rat, and described anything
else visual that was going on in the class.  She used a raised line drawing
board in order to draw things for me I could feel.  This was a good
arrangement because I did not need to rely on other students in the class to
do anything special or extra for me.  My professors did what they could to
help with visual things, and explained a lot verbally and with models I
could feel whenever possible.  The assistant really helped though.  Just
some thoughts.
Melissa

-----Original Message-----
From: mdpobc-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:mdpobc-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Maureen Austen
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2010 10:51 AM
To: mdpobc at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Mdpobc] Biology class accommodations

Hi,
My son, in college, will be taking biology next semester.  He has some
vision yet, but I know he'll have a hard time seeing anything in the
microscope.  Does anyone have any suggestions for successful
accommodations in a science lab?  Thanks so much, Maureen Austen

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