[nabs-l] Services for international students

[Chris Nusbaum]

But=20would=20they=20provide=20technology=20like=20notetakers?=20Would=20it=
=20be=20
better=20to=20discuss=20that=20with=20the=20Disability=20Office?=20I=20don'=
t=20know,=20
just=20asking.

Chris

"The=20real=20problem=20of=20blindness=20is=20not=20the=20loss=20of=20eyesi=
ght.=20=20The=20
real=20problem=20is=20the=20misunderstanding=20and=20lack=20of=20education=
=20that=20
exists.=20=20If=20a=20blind=20person=20has=20the=20proper=20training=20and=
=20
opportunity,=20blindness=20can=20be=20reduced=20to=20a=20mere=20physical=20=

nuisance."
--=20Kenneth=20Jernigan=20(President,=20National=20Federation=20of=20the=20=
Blind,=20
1968-1986

=20The=20I=20C.A.N.=20=20Foundation=20helps=20blind=20and=20visually=20impa=
ired=20youth=20
in=20Maryland=20say=20"I=20can,"=20by=20empowering=20them=20through=20provi=
ding=20
assistive=20technology=20and=20scholarships=20to=20camps=20and=20convention=
s=20
which=20help=20them=20be=20equal=20with=20their=20sighted=20peers.=20=20For=
=20more=20
information=20about=20the=20Foundation=20and=20to=20support=20our=20work,=20=
visit=20
us=20online=20at=20www.icanfoundation.info!

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20Greg=20Aikens=20<gpaikens at gmail.com
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Fri,=2016=20Dec=202011=2016:01:29=20-0600
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20Services=20for=20international=20students

Universities=20often=20have=20an=20office=20to=20help=20international=20stu=
dents=20
with=20whatever=20they=20need.=20=20I=20think=20that=20would=20be=20the=20p=
lace=20to=20
start.

-Greg
On=20Dec=2016,=202011,=20at=203:54=20PM,=20Chris=20Parsons=20wrote:

=20Hi=20all,

=20I=20am=20working=20with=20an=20international=20graduate=20student,=20and=
=20he=20
asked=20me=20today=20how=20he=20could=20obtain=20a=20notetaker=20to=20use=20=
for=20his=20
studies=20while=20he=20is=20in=20the=20United=20States.=20=20I=20immediatel=
y=20thought=20
of=20RSB,=20but=20I=20don=92t=20know=20if=20or=20how=20that=20works=20with=
=20international=20
students.=20=20Also,=20he=20is=20only=20going=20to=20be=20here=20until=20th=
e=20end=20of=20
next=20semester,=20so=20going=20through=20the=20process=20of=20opening=20a=
=20case=20of=20
any=20kind,=20even=20if=20it=20were=20possible,=20would=20probably=20not=20=
be=20
practical.=20=20I=20then=20thought=20of=20some=20type=20of=20loan=20program=
.=20=20I=20am=20
going=20to=20research=20that=20option=20further,=20but=20I=20thought=20I=92=
d=20ask=20here=20
too=20and=20see=20if=20any=20of=20you=20have=20any=20suggestions.=20=20I=20=
have=20only=20just=20
started=20working=20with=20him,=20so=20I=20don=92t=20know=20any=20more=20sp=
ecific=20
information=20than=20this.=20=20Any=20thoughts=20or=20suggestions=20would=20=
be=20
appreciated.

=20Chris
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