[nabs-l] Readers and Testing

[Serena]

I'd try writing to the prof. about the situation.  I think it's harder for 
us to find Math readers than other subjects.  (I never took Math in college, 
but one of my friends did and was lucky enough to have a reader who happened 
to be one of his friends.)  Although the student could've asked for a reader 
among his/her classmates, that might not be as good for Math cuz the 
students in the class may or may not be good enough at Math to be a good 
reader.  It doesn't seem fair for the blind student in question to take the 
exam without properly studying, especially cuz it seems not to be the 
student's fault.  It seems to me the student couldn't really study for the 
exam without the reader.

Serena


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jamie Principato" <blackbyrdfly at gmail.com>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
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Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 2:23 PM
Subject: [nabs-l] Readers and Testing


> This is more a survey than anything. I'm asking this question so that I 
> will
> be better able and more equipped to help someone that means a lot to me.
>
> If you're a student in a math class and the university you attend can't 
> get
> you a brailled textbook, and the software the math department uses for
> practice exercises and test preparation isn't at all accessible, and your
> teacher assigns you a reader but no back-up reader, and your reader 
> doesn't
> show up for the entire week before a big exam, possibly due to illness, 
> what
> should you do? Should you still go and take the exam on test day even 
> though
> you couldn't adequately prepare? Should you refuse to take the test until
> you are able to prepare properly? Should you try to write to the professor
> who assigned the reader about the situation even though at such a big
> university it seems like the professors just don't care about the needs of
> one of thousands of students? Please help... :(
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