[nabs-l] accomodations in public school

[Beth]

1. What accomodations did you use?  My vision teacher taught me
Braille, and I used a lot of Braille handouts and Braille textbooks,
especially in math classes.  I was also given a lot of cane travel
classes, and took one in high school my senior year.
2. Were they effective? If you used print you may have been more
effective with braille.
Yes.  The accommodations I used were very effective.  However, after
not having walked around my neighborhood for a long time, I lost it as
far as my travel skills go.
3. What should have been done that was not?
Social skills stuff should have been taught at an early age, and there
should have been better handling of blindisms and some cognitively
disabled kids were in my special class, which didn't bode well for me
because they weren't at the same level.  Also, I had psychological
issues which badly impacted my social skills.
Beth

On 11/4/08, Ashley  Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm asking this for a class as well as to compare my experience to yours.  I
> had pretty decent services.  I got braille and audio books and my TVI was
> good at giving braille handouts and I got extra time on tests.
> As we have discussed before, I struggled fitting in socially though.
>
> In my psychology of individuals with disabilities class, I was asked to
> present about visual impairment and accomodations and other academic impact.
>  So my questions.
> 1. What accomodations did you use?
> 2. Were they effective? If you used print you may have been more effective
> with braille.
>
> 3. What should have been done that was not?
>
> Common accomodations I can think of are: large print or braille handouts,
> audio texts, and extended time on tests.
>
> Thanks
> Ashley
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