[nabs-l] Accommedations Letter to Professors

[Haben Girma]

I agree Bill, it's really nice to let the DSS do all the work of 
explaining logistics. It means I get to walk into class and get taught 
without having the professor visibly contemplate whether I can actually 
be taught.

I read all my textbooks and articles in braille, so it is absolutely 
important that my professors stay in communication with the DSS office. 
So, either a letter or an in-office conversation needs to be in place. 
 From talking to people, I've come to the conclusion that it is not 
common for blind students to exclusively use braille for class handouts 
and readings; so I'm not describing the typical situation here.

best,
Haben

Bill wrote:
> Hi,
> I think there is a significant likely difference in the two cases.  I think
> that being a blind person you probably have more accomidations then the
> person in the wheel chair.  Here the letters are not of introduction but
> rather of the accomidations you require.  Obviously if you have none i see
> no reason to bother with the letter.  I think the letters make it more
> likely that professors will cooperate with requests when they have the DSS
> office tell them they need to do something.  You might just chat and if the
> professor is being unaccomidating, ask the DSS person to send them a
> letter.  I personally like the letters so when i tell the professor i need
> this, they already know how it is supposed to work and i don't have to
> explain the legistics.
> Bill
>
> On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 7:02 PM, Serena <serenacucco at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>   
>> 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>
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>> 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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