[nabs-l] accommodations in public school

Wed Nov 12 02:54:59 UTC 2008

Frandandah,

That's really surprising you get mobility training but no braille.  How 
often do you see an instructor and is it off school grounds?  I would think 
your parents would resist the cane, a symbol of blindness, if they resist 
braille.

Ashley
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Franandah Damstra" <fantasyfanatic01 at gmail.com>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
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Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 9:01 AM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] accommodations in public school

>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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