[nabs-l] Online degree programs

[Jennifer Aberdeen]

Kurtzweil was recommended by my instructor at the Carroll Center, rather she 
taught me how to use it, but because it wasn't written in the report, the 
state said no when I mentioned it. I even told my counselor that I may have 
thrown away some very important papers because I didn't know what they were. 
Her response was "why did you throw them away?" "what do you think they 
might have been?" I told her I thought they might have been Social Security 
documents, and her response was, "Nine out of ten times you don't need 
them."

I'll have to go into debt again to buy myself this thing if I really need 
it, I guess, and honestly, if I do decide to take classes, I might be better 
off just trying to get financial aid because the state doesn't help me with 
that much.

Jen

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Antonio M. Guimaraes" <iamantonio at cox.net>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
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Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 1:11 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Online degree programs


> 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
>
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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
>>
>> Shop my AVON online store
>> http://jaberdeen.avonrepresentative.com
>>
>> Get healthy!
>> http://jaberdeen.qhealthbeauty.com
>>
>> Contact me:
>>
>> Jennifer Aberdeen
>> PO Box 1184
>> Woonsocket, RI 02895
>> 401-762-3258 (home)
>> 401-644-5607 (cell)
>> freespirit328 at gmail.com
>> SKYPE: J.Aberdeen
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