[nabs-l] Accommedations Letter to Professors

[sarah.jevnikar at utoronto.ca]

Hi Haben,
I'm impressed you get all your stuff in Braille. Is it all on time and  
everything? That's amazing - that has not at all been the case for me.

Quoting Haben Girma <habnkid at aol.com>:

>
> 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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