[nabs-l] Tips for DSS offices

[Linda Stover]

Sara,

You make a good point about other people with other disabilities.
Even those of us who may have, say another physical impairment besides
blindness should still have the option to make our own accommodations.
 We may find better readers than those on the official reading list,
or find other formats in which to recieve our books.  I think that
offten, people who have multiple disabilities are considered even less
competent and able to provide for our needs by these offices than
those with only one, when, in reality, we very well may only need
minimal assistance from said office.
Courtney

On 10/31/08, Sarah J. Blake <sarah at growingstrong.org> wrote:
> Students should have the option to use or not use services. My greatest
> complaint about many DSS offices is that they strip power from able students
> by requiring them to use official reader lists and other accommodations.
> Professors are allowed to refuse to accommodate students with obvious
> disabilities who have not registered with the DSS office.
>
> I understand that all students do not have the same degree of self-advocacy
> ability and in fact that some students come to college with multiple
> disabilities that can make their needs very challenging. However, the DSS
> offices need to make it possible for these students to obtain the assistance
> they need without forcing the assistance on people who prefer to do things
> in other ways.
>
> Sarah J. Blake
> http://www.growingstrong.org
> sjblake at growingstrong.org
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