[nabs-l] Research Paper Help

[Joe Orozco]

Someone from the disability office should be able to undertake this task.
If such an office does not exist, as may be true in a private institution,
there is still some type of compliance officer on hand who should find a
student worker to show the blind person to his or her classes.  A blind
student need not have government assistance to be shown this courtesy.  In
turn, the school need not be expected to carry out this courtesy, but I
think they will be hard-pressed not to do such a small favor.  Keep us
posted, and write to me off list if you need someone to help you move
forward with something more solid with the school.

Joe Orozco

"A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the
crowd."--Max Lucado 

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[mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of V Nork
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 4:48 AM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: [nabs-l] Research Paper Help

Hi all, Hope any of you can help me with some information for a 
research topic on mobility.  It involves a hypothetical 
question.  What would happen to a visually impaired student on 
your campus if he or she needed help with orientation and 
mobility but had no funding from government or social agencies? 
 Let us say in this example the student already had basic white 
cane skills, but just needed to have someone walk with them 
until they had a route planned?  Would the college or 
university offer direct help?  On my campus, such help is seen 
as the individual responsibility of the blind student.   It is 
simply sink or swim if one does not have help or money to pay 
for it.It was suggested to me that someone who needed help 
should post a flyer on college bulletin boards.  It just seems 
to me that is reasonable to think that some member of the 
college or university could be designated to offer some 
assistance as a kind of mobility aideto do an initial run 
through so a student could get to classes each semester.  I 
have tried to lobby for this in a low key way, but so far my 
suggestions have fallen on unreceptive ears.   My request for 
tactile maps has also been seemingly ignored.  Is this similar 
or not to the situation on your campus?  Thanks for any thoughts, Ginnie
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