[nabs-l] Understanding Symbolic Logic textbook

[Ashley Bramlett]

Joseph,

I agree that the university has an obligation to provide accomodations and 
certainly to recommend not taking the class is no accomodation.

I was at Marymount and I also was told not to take a class.  It was a 
communication class named broadcast delivery and students had to prepare 
scripts and deliver on video for it.  They said that I wouldn't see and thus 
be able to practice the nonverbal communication such as gestures.  It didn't 
help the instructor was absent and the substitutes I had could not 
accomodate me; the instructor was away on medical leave a few weeks.  The 
students practiced broadcast delivery such as public service announcements 
by reading the text and handouts.  I read braille but this was not in 
braille or large print.  So I couldn't do it.
My point being the university did not accomodate me and they pressured me to 
drop the class and I did.

I did not know you could file complaints.  I thought that was for grades 
K-12.
If I go back to school for another degree or grad school I'll keep this in 
mind.

How do you file complaints
with the office of civil rights in the department of education?
What happens after you do it?  I suppose you have to prove harm to justify 
your complaint.  How do they resolve complaints?

Thanks.

Ashley
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "T. Joseph Carter" <carter.tjoseph at gmail.com>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
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Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 11:44 AM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Understanding Symbolic Logic textbook


> Dave,
>
> Were I your roommate, I would file a complaint with the Office for Civil 
> Rights in the Department of Education straight away.  The university has 
> an obligation to provide an accommodation here, and the recommendation not 
> to take the course is no accommodation!
>
> A good course in logic should be required study in my opinion because of 
> the value I have gained from it.  It was required for the CS degree I 
> originally worked toward, but has been applicable to every other field I 
> have even investigated.
>
> They would have the same trouble with a symbolic logic text that they have 
> with a math text.  Do they recommend that he not take math either?  This 
> is inexcusable.
>
> Joseph
>
> -- 
> How many children in America are not taught how to read?
> If they are blind, the answer is 90%.
> Find out how you can help: http://www.braille.org/
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 06:28:28PM -0500, Dave Wright wrote:
>>Good evening all, I have a roommate who is in the process of searching 
>>without success for a textbook for one of his classes. The title of the 
>>book is: Understanding symbolic logic, by Virginia Klenk 3rd Ed
>>
>>He's been told by a number of representatives from the university's office 
>>of disabilities to not take the class as they would have a difficult time 
>>converting the materials. As we all know, this can be a rather frustrating 
>>situation. Any thoughts concerning this matter would be much appreciated.
>>
>>Best Regards:
>>Dave Wright
>>Work Phone: 347-422-7085
>>Email:
>>dwrigh6 at gmail.com
>>WebPage:
>>http://www.knfbreader.com
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