[nabs-l] Research Paper Help

[Joe Orozco]

Making it a legal requirement opens the door on too many scenarios.  If the
DSS office begins showing students to their classes there is really no
reason why the student should not be shown to the dining halls, the
recreation centers, the parks, theaters, party sites and any other  venue on
campus not necessarily included as part of the student's class schedule.
This may seem extreme, but this is also America, where loopholes are
routinely abused.  Would it be wrong for the school to provide someone to
do this extracurricular orientation?  Of course not, but I'd rather that be
carried out according to the school's discretion and availability rather
than as a matter of mandated obligation.  A student should see the school's
assistance as a useful resource rather than as a crutch.

Joe Orozco

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

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I would respectfully disagree. I think it's 100% the school's 
responsibility to orient the student to campus. If the student 
wishes to learn the surrounding city/town they should find 
their own way of doing it, but how can a office for students 
with disabilities properly assist their students academically 
if the students don't know the way to class?


Quoting Serena <serenacucco at verizon.net>:

> 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
>
>
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>> 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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