[nabs-l] Online degree programs

[Antonio M. Guimaraes]

Hi Jen,

I thought to contact you privately first, but I wonder, if you don't mind 
sharing it with the list, why the state won't purchase Kurzweil for you.

Do they not realize you are blind, and thus print-disabled, and so would 
need to scan college materials for school?

do you, and do they understand that perhaps limmiting you to online schools 
with accessible electronic texts is severely limmiting your options, and 
that the one thing between you and an URI or some other college education is 
a $1000 scanning software?

More importantly, do you think it worth it to get one of us here in RI on 
board with you, and pushing, convincing the counselor, or giving you some 
guidance about your accomodations, and how you could put up a bit more of a 
fight for them?

It's not about what you want, but about what you'll need to succeed, or even 
have a basic chance to access information in college.

Antonio Guimaraes

If an infinite number of rednecks riding in an infinite number of pickup 
trucks fire an infinite number of shotgun rounds at an infinite number of 
highway signs, they will eventually produce all the world's great literary 
works in Braille.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jennifer Aberdeen" <freespirit328 at gmail.com>
To: "NABS-L" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 12:15 AM
Subject: [nabs-l] Online degree programs


> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone know if any of the online Universities, such as the University 
> of Phoenix, have all their reading material available in e-text directly 
> from the website?
>
> I'm not sure if I'm going to take any classes. One of my biggest 
> obstacles, and I'm sure for a lot of other blind people, is not having 
> access to my text books. I can't scan my books because the state won't 
> purchase Kurzweil for me, and listening to it on tape doesn't work because 
> of my hearing problem. The best way is with e-text, but I'm not sure who 
> has it and how easy or complicated it is to use.
>
> I tried AIU, but they didn't have most of their books avaiable in an 
> accessible format.
>
> Jen
>
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