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

[Humberto Avila]

And, are these negative attitudes towards are economy and our rights, to get
accommodations, to get all the books that we request either in Braille or
electronically, to get all our material on time, to get access to technology
like the other students, and to get our access to our education, going to
threaten the blind community? 
	I understand the economy is suffering. I can understand that though
the government is trying its best to help people in action, it is not and it
is cutting federal funding as well as programs, and many businesses are in a
budget now days. While these facts are true, what does this mean? Are
federal and local governments also putting a budget cut within the
disability support offices in colleges? Does this mean it will be much
difficult to even request services from them? 
	if this is truly happening, what should we do? As I embark into my
freshman year in college, I am quite startled at these negative thinkings,
or otherwise challenges, that we the blind would have to go through. 
	I want to be able to contribute to taxes some day, get a stable
good-paying career job, and do all that stuff, yet I'm not letting this
stupid economy hold me back!


-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of T. Joseph Carter
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 6:29 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] rights as blind students and responsibilities
ofuniversities

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:
>
>
>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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