[nabs-l] Accommedations Letter to Professors

[Angela fowler]

The DSS office is there to help us, not to dictate to us that we follow
rules which other students are not subject too. I personally let the DSS
office put me in contact with the professors and handle getting the book
lists and such, but once I actually meet the professor I deal with them
one-on-one as much as possible. If there's a handout I need, I'll ask them
to email it. Often the DSS office never sees it. If your DSS office is
dictating the way you relate to a professor, they are way out of line.  

-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Sarah Alawami
Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 10:52 PM
To: 'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Accommedations Letter to Professors

I have to follow the rules of the disability office . I am by nature a rule
follower pluss it makes things a little easier for me as it already lists
the accomadations I am elegable for for that school. But that's just my 2
sense worth.

-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Serena
Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 7:03 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Accommedations Letter to Professors

Hi Jordan

Do you really think you or the DSS Office has to write a letter to your
profs. in the first place?  Blind people have a right to simply walk into
class, without any special explanation, just like sighted people.  When I
was in college, the disability person wrote letters for me, without asking
me if I wanted her to.  I guess, I didn't think to say no to it at that
time.  My wheelchair using friend Anthony, however, requested that the
disability person not write accommodations letters for him cuz he believed
he didn't need any special introduction just cuz he uses a wheelchair.

Serena


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jordan Richardson" <lilrichie411 at gmail.com>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>; "MnABS listserve" <mn-abs at nfbnet.org>; "WABS listserv" 
<wabs at nfbwis.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 7:58 PM
Subject: [nabs-l] Accommedations Letter to Professors


hi all,
i just talked to the person at the DSS office today and one of the things
that we talked was the accommedations letter to the professors.  Now, i had
heard about this through Jeff Thompson and MnABS.  Is it better to have the
DSS office write the letter and send it to me for revisions, or for me to
just write the letter and to send it to my professors myself.  If i do the
latter, should i tell the DSS office that i will write the letter myself?
thx,

-- 
Jordan Richardson
lilrichie411 at gmail.com
"What is a friend? A friend is a single soul dwelling in two bodies"
--Aristotle
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