[nabs-l] Research Paper Help

[Serena]

I don't think the college has a legal responsibility to provide cane lessons 
to blind students and, yes, it's the student's responsibility to orient to 
the campus.  Having said that, this doesn't mean that nobody should be 
available to help students orient.  It doesn't have to be the disability 
services office.  When I was in college, I simply asked friends I really 
trusted to walk with me around campus to orient me.  I also sometimes used 
my mom.  If you don't think your friends are right for the job, so to speak, 
readers are often good options.

Serena


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "V Nork" <ginisd at sbcglobal.net>
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Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 4:47 AM
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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