[nabs-l] accomodations in public school

Serena serenacucco at verizon.net
Mon Nov 10 00:43:18 UTC 2008 

I honestly don't know any of these answers.  I'm sure the bookshare sight 
has them, though.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Albert Yoo" <albertyoo1 at hotmail.com>
To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] accomodations in public school


>
> What is the fee to get a book brailled? How many copies do you have to 
> send to bookshare? How long does bookshare take to send the book back to 
> you? Albert> From: serenacucco at verizon.net> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org> Date: 
> Sun, 9 Nov 2008 15:45:16 -0500> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] accomodations in 
> public school> > If you have a subscription to Bookshare, bookshare will 
> Braille books for > you. In case you don't know what bookshare is, it's a 
> service where books > get scanned and then put on the websight. They have 
> textbooks and pleasure > books. The websight is www.bookshare.org.> > 
> Serena> > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Franandah Damstra" 
> <fantasyfanatic01 at gmail.com>> To: "National Association of Blind Students 
> mailing list" > <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>> Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2008 
> 10:04 PM> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] accomodations in public school> > > > 
> Yeah, I've tried talking to people and all they say is "As long as you> > 
> have sight, you need to use it." So, I can't get any braille.
> The> > thing is, our family just doesn't have the money to pay for it> > 
> ourselves! Is there a way to get books in braille outside of public> > 
> school services? Is there a way that I can prove that I "need> > braille"? 
> I'm just so beyond frustrated with both my school and my> > parents. All 
> my parents are thinking of is having a 'good Christian> > education and 
> informant." But, they never though of what it would be> > like for a child 
> with a disability. I'm not understanding material, I> > have no friends, I 
> get mocked, and I get up every morning crying> > because I don't' want to 
> go back to school. My parents just say "Oh,> > your being so over 
> dramatic! It's really not all that bad! Maybe if> > you were positive 
> about school it would to better for you!" It doesn't> > work that way 
> though. I'm struggling so much and my parents just don't> > think I am 
> working hard enough. How can you work harder than your> > best? How do you 
> react? What do you do? I mean, Ive threatened to just> >
> drop out and leave I'm no unhappy, they don't care. I've already told> > 
> them I'm not going to collage. How could I? My high school experience> > 
> is so bad that I know I just can't go on. What do I do?> >> > On 11/8/08, 
> Rachel Becker <Rachel at beckerconsultants.com> wrote:> >> I know someone who 
> went to private school in Philadelphia and went to> >> private school and 
> he got Braille services. He's totally blind.> >>> >> -----Original 
> Message-----> >> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org 
> [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org]On> >> Behalf Of Sydney Walker Freedman> 
>  >> Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2008 12:42 AM> >> To: National Association 
> of Blind Students mailing list> >> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] accomodations in 
> public school> >>> >>> >> oh that's terrible! The issue here is that 
> private schools don't have> >> their own vision staff, braille 
> transcribers, equipment, etc. and> >> don't have access to the staff, 
> equipment, etc. from public schools> >> (at least this was true for 
> Arizona). However,
> thre should be some> >> way to still get services. For example, a good 
> friend of mine went to> >> a private school but received Braille services 
> and time with a vision> >> teacher through the public school where I went. 
> Another thought is to> >> talk to the people at your school and tell them 
> what you are going> >> through and that you *need* braille. If they aren't 
> willing to do> >> something or to find a way to get something done, then, 
> well, they> >> aren't doing their Christian duty, as it were. I can 
> understand a> >> school not having money or resources, but in that case, 
> effort and> >> research can do a lot. Good luck! Feel free to e-mail me 
> off list.> >>> >> Pax Christi,> >> Sydney> >>> >> 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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