[nabs-l] Concerned about a class, I'm taking, this Fall

Tue Apr 17 00:13:39 UTC 2012

Hi Chrys,

Welcome to the list!! :)

Chris Nusbaum

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From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Chrys Buckley
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2012 5:21 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Concerned about a class, I'm taking, this Fall

Hi Joshua,

I took A&P last year. It was a year-long course and ended up being one of my
favorite classes I've ever taken. I remember being pretty nervous about it
before the class started because you always hear about what a visual class
A&P is, but it ended up being fine.

A lot of people already gave you good suggestions and encouragement. I'm
just going to add a few things:

There are a lot of hands-on opportunities with A&P. For example, the
articulating skeletons that someone mentioned. In my lab we also had lots of
models that were tactile. For example, we had these huge model arms and legs
with the muscles very defined so that you could feel them as a way of
learning the muscles and their origins and insertions and get a feel for how
they move. A lot of the articulating skeletons also have marks where the
muscles originate and insert and so these can always be labeled. We also had
model organs and model tissue layers, all very tactile.

Your class may also do dissections and/or work with cadavers. If so, this is
great because again you will be able to explore these in a tactile way.
My class had both animal organs as well as cadavers and many things can
easily be distinguished by touch. A great example is blood vessels. Many of
the sighted students had a very difficult time with this because there are
so many, but really feeling the differences was a huge advantage (veins and
arteries feel very different from each other, for example). What I did in my
class for quizzes was go into the cadaver room with an assistant and I would
feel the different parts we were supposed to identify and spell them out to
a lab assistant who would record them for me.

The class was a lot of work but so, so interesting. The physiology part is
not so visual as the anatomy. And it will definitely have tons of
applications in behavioral health! I wish you look and hope that you have a
great class and really get to enjoy it!

Chrys

On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 6:53 AM, Joshua Lester <
jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu> wrote:

> I'll join it, when I get back from church.
> That's a great idea, because I'll have to have alot of these classes, 
> for my Behavioral Health degree.
> I don't understand why I'd need A and P, for Behavioral health, though.
>
>
> On 4/15/12, David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com> wrote:
> > You might also ask for suggestions on the nfb-science list,
> >
> > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-science_nfbnet.org
> >
> > to join.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > At 07:52 AM 4/15/2012, you wrote:
> >>Thanks for the encouragement.
> >>I'll try to make sure, and get a reader for diagrams.
> >>I'm about to get my notetaker, this Fall, so that will be a plus, as
> well!
> >>Blessings, Joshua
> >>
> >>On 4/15/12, Loren <isaiah5719 at mchsi.com> wrote:
> >> > Joshua,
> >> >
> >> > Several yeaars ago now, my wife took an a and p course. She was 
> >> > in speech pathology at the time.  She had a reader attend some 
> >> > classes with her
> to
> >> > make raised-line drawings of various things.  She also used
> arrangements
> >> > ahead of time with the professor to take the exams.  She was able 
> >> > to complete the course.  She is a very good braille reader and 
> >> > was
> >> able to take
> >> > some notes herself as well.  She mainly used the reader to get 
> >> > the diagrams down.  I wish you well on the course.  Just remember 
> >> > you have the
> right
> >> > to
> >> > be there; so, kick butt and make sure you get what you needf.
> >> >
> >> > Loren Wakefield
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org
> >> [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> >> > Of Joshua Lester
> >> > Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 10:34 AM
> >> > To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> >> > Subject: [nabs-l] Concerned about a class, I'm taking, this Fall
> >> >
> >> > Have any of you ever taken Intro to A and P, (Anatomy, and
> >> Physiology?) This
> >> > is going to be a visual class, so I really need Braille, and my
> >> Rehab people
> >> > aren't cooperating!
> >> > They're using their own resources, instead of the group, I asked 
> >> > them
> to
> >> > use!
> >> > This, is frustrating!
> >> > Thanks, Joshua
> >
> >
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