[nabs-l] Equipment Coming In

[Anmol Bhatia]

Hello Jewel,
I would agree with Joe on this one.
I do not know your situation, but my freshman year in college I did not even have a personal computer. I do not know your what your disability services has to offer, but alot of disability services have technology that you can check out. My university has braille note  takers and braille displays which students can check out for certain period of time and my library has alot of assistive technology that students can use. So not having the technology although is nice, but not necessary starting classes.
Anmol
I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is vague, like a breeze among flowers.
Hellen Keller


--- On Wed, 9/1/10, Jewel S. <herekittykat2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Jewel S. <herekittykat2 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [nabs-l] Equipment Coming In
> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date: Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 7:38 PM
> Hey all,
> I got my VictorStream Reader today, and have it authorized
> for RFBD
> already and have the process started for NLS books.
> 
> DSB says that my equipment is coming in and as soon as all
> of it is in
> (except the VictorStream, which was shipped directly to my
> apartment),
> they'll deliver it and get me set up and start learning it.
> This from
> the people who said they likely wouldn't have it until the
> end of
> semester...I am so mad that I dropped my classes now, since
> it's only
> 3 weeks into classes now. I wish I had waited until the
> final drop
> date.
> 
> So I'm saying Yay for my stuff, but Grrrrr that now I have
> to wait
> till next semester to get going with school.
> 
> In the meantime, I'm going to be on DSB's butt about this.
> In NC, the
> funds are not released until August 1, which is two weeks
> before
> school starts...this gives no time for equipment to get
> shipped in in
> time for school to start. This means that any student who
> needs
> equipment to be able to work to their full ability in class
> can't
> start in the fall but must wait until Spring semester.
> That's
> ridiculous, in my mind. I wasn't able to keep up with
> classes on the
> first week even because I didn't have even basic tools,
> like a way of
> taking notes that didn't hurt me more than it helped or a
> good
> accessible way of reading textbooks in class. Now I have
> the
> VictorStream, so that'll be good for next semester, and
> they already
> have my laptop (though they won't release it until all of
> the stuff
> comes in).
> 
> Does anyone else have trouble with late funding release in
> their
> state? My local president and state president are pushing
> me to
> self-advocate this, but I'm having trouble speaking up for
> myself (I'm
> a bit timid in person), and I'm really not sure what I
> should be
> demanding. Any suggestions on what I should be doing here?
> I think I
> need to advocate for the fund release date to be changed to
> allow more
> time, and I know I need to advocate for more students being
> allowed
> into the college prep class at the Voc Rehab (they have a
> 15 week
> maximum, and there was  a really long waiting list for
> college prep,
> so I was unable to get into the college prep class at all).
> I'm also
> hoping to see if they'll let me back in the voc rehab for
> intensive
> college prep training to make up for the training I didn't
> get when I
> was there full-time. They do allow intensive training (one
> week of
> working on one subject only), but it is usually computer
> training, and
> there is only one teacher there who can teach a scanner,
> one of the
> things I'll need to learn, and she's the one who teaches
> the college
> prep *and* consumer education classes, plus she has an
> intern she's
> supervising, *and* she teaches a cooking class)...they have
> this poor
> woman way overworked., and they aren't helping the students
> meet all
> their goals by having a limited college prep placements...
> 
> It's all a bit mess, and any suggestions, ideas, or advice
> would be
> gratly appreciated. And horray for my equipment coming in
> finally!
> 
> ~Jewel
> 
> -- 
> ~Jewel
> Check out my blog about accessibility for the blind!
> Treasure Chest for the Blind: http://blindtreasurechest.blogspot.com
> 
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