[nabs-l] accomodations in public school

[Beth]

Hello, Franandaya.  Welcome to the list.  Feel fre to introduce
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Beth

On 11/5/08, Franandiah Damstra <fantasyfanatic01 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone. I'm new here and I just want to say, YOU ALL ARE
> LUCKY! I go to a very small christian private schools, and I get
> nothing! I get "enlarged" assignments and extended tests, but that is
> about it. Though I know braille, nobody will provide it for me. My
> sight is 20/800. I am colour blind, I don't have either preferal
> vision or depth perseption and yet all I ever hear is "Oh, you have
> some sight so use it!" So consider yourselves VERY lucky. I would do
> anything to get braille books. I can't read this print much longer, I
> go home crying because my eyes are burning so badly. You all are
> luckier than you know.
>
> On 11/4/08, hannah <sparklylicious at suddenlink.net> wrote:
>> All of my materials are brailled or on audio, but I don't get
>> extra time on tests...
>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Rania" <raniaismail04 at gmail.com
>>>To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>>Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 16:34:38 -0500
>>>Subject: Re: [nabs-l] accomodations in public school
>>
>>>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
>>>To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>>><nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>>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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