[nabs-l] Single Room: Opinions

[T. Joseph Carter]

If it is only done as a disability accommodation, it becomes much 
like the use of paratransit, or any other accommodation for that 
matter.  Blindness does not automatically mean that it is needed.  
The responsibility becomes ours to determine if we actually do or 
don't need it, and to act accordingly based on actual needs.

In that respect, we do have a responsibility to decline what we 
actually do not need, even if only we will know if we are not doing 
that when we should.

Joseph


On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 08:55:25PM -0600, Arielle Silverman wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I agree with Joseph. If the university offers single rooms as a matter
>of course, and that's your preference, I don't see anything wrong with
>taking it. The story changes a bit if students are generally placed in
>doubles (as it was at my school) except as a disability accommodation.
>Then it becomes a question of whether it's really necessary as a
>disability accommodation.
>
>Arielle
>
>On 4/25/10, T. Joseph Carter <carter.tjoseph at gmail.com> wrote:
>> That I would consider different.  If your college does not generally
>> permit a single room, I would not take it without genuine good reason
>> for having it.  I didn't really have that, but it's pretty common in
>> the schools I actually considered, to be able to request a single
>> room if you were willing to pay for it.
>>
>> I was willing, so I requested it.
>>
>> Joseph
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 08:20:34AM -0400, Kolby Garrison wrote:
>>>For me personally, I prefer a single room. My college requires that you
>>>provide extensive documentation to request a single room. My freshmen year
>>> I
>>>was supposed to have a Guide Dog, but unforeseen circumstances changed that
>>>and I used a cane. I received Sunny in June 2008, and I have had a single
>>>room ever since I came to college. I have not ever had any difficulties
>>>being involved with residence hall life, extra curricular activities on
>>>campus, ETC. If you prefer a single room and your college wants to provide
>>>you with one, my advice is to take the single room. If you are a social
>>>person, you will not have any problems becoming involved. I have found more
>>>friends in college who accept me for who I am than in high school.
>>>Kolby
>>>
>>>
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