[nabs-l] online college vs classroom instruction

[Darian Smith]

Hi Josh,
   for the sake of  this conversation, I would like to break this down
into two parts- access to buildings and access to coursework
 As for access to buildings,  you will want to check with the
school(s) you are  interested in, but generally you will find  that
colleges are accessable to those in   chairs, and  really by law are
supposed to be.
 coursework is also  supposed to be accessable to you, but  in  this
case, you are going to want to be proactive in regards to getting what
you need from professors.
 Education is something that regardless of economic, social, ethnic,
gender or any other standing, is and should be accessable to you.  I
encourage you to maintain the thought that college is accessable, just
how do I make  things work for me in that areana.
  Regards,
  Darian


On 5/20/11, Serena Cucco <serena.c.cucco at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Josh,
>
> I'm in grad school.  I lived on campus in college and live here at home for
> grad school.  I've done quite well taking in-class courses.  I have to take
> 2 online this summer.  We'll see how they go.
>
> As far as the wheelchair factor, I suppose the practicality of living on
> campus would depend on your reason for using a wheelchair.  Although I'm not
> a wheelchair user myself, one of my sighted friends from college is.  He
> lived on campus ... His using a wheelchair never stopped him!  He's quite
> mature and approachable.  If you have any specific wheelchair-related
> questions, I'm sure he'd be happy to answer them, either through me or
> possibly directly.
>
> Serena
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Josh Gregory
> Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 8:25 PM
> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nabs-l] online college vs classroom instruction
>
> Hi all,
> I'm a little curious here, what do people think on this? For us
> blind students who are about to graduate from high school soon
> (I'm a junior this year and will be a senior next) college is
> something some of us look into.  So, my question: Do people think
> that online college is more accessible for blind people, or
> classroom instruction? If I may ask, what have people's
> experiences been with both? What about a person who is blind and
> partially in a wheelchair such as myself, could I manage in an
> on-campus environment or would online instruction be better for
> me?
> Thanks so much,
> Josh
>
> Sent from my Apex
>
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