[nabs-l] online college vs classroom instruction

[Josh Gregory]

Justin, would the course matter? What if it was political 
science, which I am deeply interested in.  Serena, if you do not 
mind, I will write you offlist, as I do have a couple of 
accessibility questions.  Darian, thanks! I will keep that in 
mind.  :)
Josh

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 ----- Original Message -----
From: Darian Smith <dsmithnfb at gmail.com
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Date sent: Fri, 20 May 2011 18:03:19 -0700
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] online college vs classroom instruction

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



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 Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 8:25 PM
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 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

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