[nabs-l] accomodations in public school

[Hope Paulos]

I had brailled handouts, brailled texts and audio texts, 
orientation and mobility training and extra time on tests.  These 
were extremely effective.

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>From: "Rania" <raniaismail04 at gmail.com
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>I had braille extra time on tests my books and hand outs were 
also brailled.
>Rania,
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net
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>Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 3:05 PM
>Subject: [nabs-l] accomodations in public school


>> 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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