[nabs-l] Single Room: Opinions

[Serena]

I wouldn't recommend a single room for a different reason than Beth.  I 
wouldn't get a single room your first year cuz that will make the Residence 
Life staff think you need it just cuz you're blind.  Yes, I know the reason 
your other blind friends were recommending you get it is cuz of your books 
and equipment, but the Residence Life staff will think it's cuz of a million 
stupid blindness myths!  There's a saying in the NFB, "If you give an inch, 
they'll (sighted people) take a mile."  This means, if you tell them that 
some things about blindness are difficult for you, such as mobility, they'll 
think everything else is impossible for all blind people!  During my 
freshman year, I had 2 roommates that didn't last/work out for different 
reasons.: 1. My first roommate wanted to live w/ her best friends from the 
beginning.  She didn't care about my blindness one way or another.  She 
eventually got her wish.  2. My second roommate was overprotective of me cuz 
of blindness, but also had issues of her own.  I decided not to be her 
roommate my sophomore year.  Then, when 2 other blind people (not on this 
list) got accepted at my college, they were given single rooms.  Although 
the Residence Life staff claimed they gave the blind students single rooms 
cuz of all their equipment, I believe they gave the blind students single 
rooms because they believed sighted students wouldn't want to room w/ the 
new blind students.

Serena


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Beth" <thebluesisloose at gmail.com>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2010 12:49 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Single Room: Opinions


>I wouldn't recommend a single room.  I was put in one and in a remote
> location, so watch where you live dorm wise.  It's hard for me to walk
> everywhere and mobility has been a huge concern, so I'm med dropping
> three of my classes.  It's really hard on me because if I need
> something done and my computer freezes up, and I have Windows
> Vista/Pista (don't ask), I have to knock on someone's door and they
> usually help, but I've gotten people who aren't knowledgeable about
> PC's.  So I have to be careful and I'd recommend a roommate until you
> figure things out.
> Beth
>
> On 4/24/10, Chelsea Cook <astrochem119 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello NABSters,
>>
>>
>> I will be starting college next fall. Likewise, I've been very busy
>> getting everything worked out! Something brought up: It was suggested
>> by a few blind friends that I try and obtain a single room (I will
>> have many computers and a lot of Braille for my physics major.) I've
>> shared a room before and totally intend to participate in dorm life.
>> What do you guys think? From a practical standpoint, it seems like an
>> enticing idea; just want a second opinion.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Chelsea
>> --
>> "I ask you to look both ways.  For the road to a knowledge of the
>> stars leads through the atom; and important knowledge of the atom has
>> been reached through
>> the stars."
>> Sir Arthur Eddington, British astrophysicist (1882-1944), Stars and
>> Atoms (1928), Lecture 1
>>
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