[nabs-l] rights as blind students and responsibilities ofuniversities

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Get ready for retaliatory acts by your school.  Here in NYC at educational institutions such as CUNY, they are good at that.  Your grades and reputation will suffer.  I am unable to get into graduate school or get a job since I have been blasted on websites and blogs for my advocacy efferts.  My GPA went from a 3.9 to a final 2.6.  So much for trying to “”lives the American dream." while helping others.  I dealt with this when the economy was good; just, picture what you are against now that every corporation blames the economy and current-day politics. This happens regardless of the special funding that they receive superseding the current economical situation. 
Sorry for the rant,
Joe
 

 

> From: bookwormahb at earthlink.net
> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:17:00 -0400
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] rights as blind students and responsibilities ofuniversities
> 
> Anjelina,
> There are some similar issues at Nova, northern Virginia community college; 
> I started a writing certificate there and ran into access issues. While the 
> site for grades, transcripts, etc wasn't inaccessible, I'd say it wasn't 
> very screen reader friendly.
> 
> I complained about inaccessible stuff on the website like unlabeled 
> graphics. I also requested an update to jaws in the library.
> I haven't seen much change; not to mention several violations of ADA to the 
> environment for those with physical disabilities; all doors should be wide 
> enough for wheel chairs and they need more push buttons for doors.
> 
> Yes its reasonable to request jaws. Its about the same access; all other 
> students have the access to computers on campus and you should have access 
> to at least some of them. Your tuition covers technology access.
> 
> I'd make a written complaint if I were you and go up the chain of command.
> Mention in your complaint about how schools need to comply with section 508 
> regulations. I assume your school receives federal support and if they do, 
> they are bound by civil rights laws like ADA and section 508 of the rehab 
> act.
> 
> Ashley
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Anjelina
> Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 8:36 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: [nabs-l] rights as blind students and responsibilities 
> ofuniversities
> 
> Hi all,
> I hope all who attended convention had a great time. The stream was very 
> informative.
> My University has gradually migrated to a system called Banner self service. 
> All students are required to use the system for scheduling, financial aid, 
> updating information among other functions. The site is not fully 
> accessible. Even with Safari and Voiceover, JAWS with Firefox and IE9 I'm 
> unable to activate buttons or links. I've contacted the ds office and the 
> tech office. This might be a silly question but I'm wondering how much time 
> is reasonable to give to see significant change?
> AAs a blind student is it unreasonable to request JAWS in the library, or am 
> I responsible for providing a key? I've always just taken my laptop with me 
> when having to do group work which is a work around.
> Thanks for your input.
> 
> Anjelina
> Sent from my iPhone
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