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

[T. Joseph Carter]

Be prepared to document EVERYTHING.  Get it in writing, save every 
email you receive or send out.  Come up with an indexing system now, 
because you’ll need it later.  Don’t expect that just because you’re 
facing discrimination that the NFB will come to your rescue with 
legal help—I had email where the professors actively said they were 
looking for a student teaching site that would ensure I failed, and 
yet I had no support.

You may never get anything for your efforts, and your efforts may be 
long indeed.  But you can pave the way for others, if you’re 
determined to do it.  I was, and I did.  It ended my career before it 
began though.  Others have benefited from my work, including one of 
our scholarship winners this year.

Joseph


On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 09:20:51PM -0400, wmodnl wmodnl wrote:
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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
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>> 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
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>> -----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
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>> 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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