[nabs-l] European universities

[Ben J. Bloomgren]

Also know whether the university uses coordinators or not. In Mexico they 
use coordinators for darn near everything, and the coordinator is your 
go-between between you and the university. He helped me get used to how to 
address professors in Mexico and the whole bit.

Ben
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sydney Walker Freedman" <freedmas at stolaf.edu>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
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Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 10:10
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] European universities


> Hello!
>
> I am in the process of making all of the arrangements for graduate
> study at the University of Limerick in Ireland.  As far as arranging
> accommodations, find out who the disability services coordinator,
> housing coordinator, etc. are, as well as your course director, and
> contact them directly.  Also, find the equivalent of voc. rehab.
> services (in Ireland it's NCBI) and see what they can offer (I will
> get mobility from them, but that's it).  Contact people by e-mail, and
> set up times to chat over the phone if you can.  Let me know if you
> have any more questions.
>
> Pax,
> Sydney
>
> On 4/26/09, Sarah J. Blake <sarah at growingstrong.org> wrote:
>> I would be interested in hearing from anyone who has studied at a 
>> European
>> university--or knows someone who has. I have considered this as a Ph.d.
>> option; but one of the questions I have is how to handle things like 
>> getting
>> oriented and arranging for other accommodations for very short-term trips
>> (two to three weeks) of extremely intensive study. I have good blindness
>> skills but do have some short-term memory loss due to other neurological
>> issues. I considered taking someone with me; but that involves actually
>> funding another ticket. The structure of a European program is extremely
>> appealing to me; but this is a significant question I have.
>>
>> Sarah J. Blake
>> Personal email: sjblake at growingstrong.org
>> http://www.growingstrong.org
>>
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