[nabs-l] Research Paper Help

[Teal Blooworth]

Hi Ginnie

well for me going to a very small private catholic college at the beginning 
of my first semester student support services had a peer mentor help me to 
class before my O/M started but i would have them walk with me rather than 
lead me sighted guide. Then second semester i just had friends walk with me 
most of the time so that i could be comfortable with my routes.

Also my school provided tutors, note-takers, held my mail in the mailroom 
rather than a code key locker, when i went to the cafeteria at the door they 
would take my card then ask me what i wanted, get it and help me to a seat. 
Also i had a scribe for every test, teachers would email me syllabi or 
handouts/worksheets. They were very accomodating and helpful of course it 
was under 700 people total and under 500 people who lived on campus.

        -Teal----- Original Message ----- 
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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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