[nabs-l] accommodations in public school

[Franandah Damstra]

I have mobility training, just no braille books and technology.

On 11/6/08, Beth <thebluesisloose at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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