[nabs-l] question

[sarah.jevnikar at utoronto.ca]

In my limitted experience, schools will give you whatever you tell  
them you need, as long as you realize that with Braille you'll have to  
find the print versions of texts to be Brailled 4-6 months before your  
classes start. I am a math major so felt I would require Braille for  
many of my courses, but I found electronic files (usually pdf files)  
worked fine with JAWS for readings for my non-math courses.


Quoting Serena <serenacucco at verizon.net>:

> Generally speaking, you don't really get Braille in college, except for
> an occasional novel from your library for the blind.  The universities
> usually have nothing to do with getting Braille.  I didn't take Math in
> college cuz I wasn't required to for my major.  If it is required for
> yours or if you just wanna take it, using a reader can work well if
> you're experienced using readers.  One of my friends from my college
> (not on this list) used a reader and he did all right in Math.  The
> reader just happened to be a friend of his, so I think that helped in
> his case.
>
> Serena
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah Alawami" <marrie12 at gmail.com>
> To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'"
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 3:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] question
>
>
>> Good luck  when it comes to braille as for me it took 6-8 weeks to get
>> everything  brailled and I gave it toi the  DRC and sometimes they took for
>> ever getting the music or the books to me. It sucked!
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
>> Of Lindsay Upschulte
>> Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2009 11:22 AM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> Subject: [nabs-l] question
>>
>> i will be a junior in high school this year, but i had a question about
>> college.  how much braille is available in college?  does it just depend
>> what university you go to?  one university i had in mind is the university
>> of maryland, college park.  i've heard many thins, so in your expierence,
>> how mucdh braille is available?  i think it would be almost impossible to do
>> math verbally.  with everything else icould get used to doing it verbally
>> but i would prefer braille.
>>
>> thanks!
>> -Lindsay
>>
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