[nabs-l] accommodations in public school

[Beth]

I would pressure the heck out of the school until you get Braille and
more mobility training.  I get training once a week at the most.
Beth

On 11/6/08, Franandah Damstra <fantasyfanatic01 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am soposted to get large print books and assingments, but everyone
> always forgets so I'm always behind in school. I have extra time on
> tests and mobility training twice a month. I really would rather swich
> to braille though.
>
> On 11/6/08, Beth <thebluesisloose at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have a friend who said she got her stuff enlarged while she had
>> enough sight.  She's going blind year by year, and she's fine with
>> Braille now.
>> Beth
>>
>> On 11/6/08, Sarah Jevnikar <sarah.jevnikar at utoronto.ca> wrote:
>>> I had orientation and mobility training too - an hour a week after
>>> school.
>>> It was pretty awesome.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>> Behalf
>>> Of Hope Paulos
>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 4:47 PM
>>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] accomodations in public school
>>>
>>> I had brailled handouts, brailled texts and audio texts,
>>> orientation and mobility training and extra time on tests.  These
>>> were extremely effective.
>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>From: "Rania" <raniaismail04 at gmail.com
>>>>To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>>>Date sent: 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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