[nabs-l] An additional question about selecting universety

[Ignasi Cambra]

I think it just depends on each particular city... There are large cities with terrible transportation and small towns with great transportation.
I went to school in Bloomington, Indiana. Transportation works really well in there, and the city is not that big. It's basically a college town, with 30000+ students and a huge campus. With my guide dog I found things to be just fine in there. I could walk to places and if not there were city and university buses.
On May 30, 2011, at 4:09 PM, <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Adriana,
> I think anywhere you will have to educate the public you encounter.
> That said this is my opinion.  My school was on the outskirts of a city--
> Arlington.
> The university shuttle took students to the nearest metro station.
> IMO the advantage
> of a big city such as Philadelphia is the transportation; more walkable
> sidewalks, attractions in walking distance, and
> of course more pedestrians out and about and you will be able to ask more
> questions then.  Plus there is safety in numbers. You will be able to walk
> up to a intersection and ask passers-by questions or what street you are at.
> But in a little town or rural community, you do not have the pedestrian flow
> or the traffic flow.  In small cities when  I attempted to do mobility it
> was problematic. We are taught to listen to traffic, but in small
> communities, you can stand for a long time at the intersection and
> have little or no traffic to judge the light!  Personally, I don't like
> running across the street in a gap of traffic! I want to judge the traffic
> and ascertain the light.
> In big cities such as DC, New York and Philadelphia, the traffic signals also work on a fixed time. This means that they change lights at regular intervals.  So for instance, pedestrians have 15 seconds to cross a  given street and it stays that way. Now a days, many little cities/towns base traffic signals on amount of traffic via a computer chip. So the heavier vehicle traveled street has more time.
> As a pedestrian, you would have to push a pedestrian button to get a walk phase so the light changes for you to cross the street.
> These are actuated signals and are more common in small communities.
> Big cities are also a grid pattern and may make it easier to travel. I also think that big cities or counties may  be more disabled friendly because there are simply more people with disablities around to advocate for change.
> 
> So my opinion is there are more opportunities in a big city; but don't base your decission totally on it; see about the course of study and other barriers like transit you will be able to work out; such as cabs or car pooling with friends.
> 
> Ashley
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: ADRIANA PULIDO
> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2011 12:25 PM
> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nabs-l] An additional question about selecting universety
> 
> Hi all!
> 
> As I told you some time ago, I'm currently choosing a university to
> study a Master's Degree. I have to think about it carefully, since I'm
> going to spend two years there. So far, I have been offered admision
> in the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. According to what I've
> been searching, that city is small and rural.
> I also have university optiones at Gainesville, Tampa, Dekalb, and
> philadelphia; but I'm still waiting for them to answer.
> Here is the question:
> Acorrding to your experience, do you think that people with
> disabilities are likely to be better received in big cities than in
> small ones?
> Are we more exposed to prejudices in small cities?
> 
> Thank you in advance for your comments and suggestions!
> 
> -- 
> Adriana Pulido
> Filóloga en Inglés y músico de la Universidad
> Nacional de Colombia. Becaria Fulbright para Maestría.
> 
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