[nabs-l] school is not accomodating

[Chris Nusbaum]

Hey=20Jeff,

If=20you=20need=20to=20vent=20on=20something=20like=20this,=20this=20list=20=
is=20the=20
place=20to=20do=20it!=20:)=20You're=20talking=20with=20people=20who=20total=
ly=20
understand=20what=20you're=20frustrated=20about!=20BTW,=20what=20is=20your=
=20Skype=20
name?=20I'd=20love=20to=20add=20you!

Chris

"The=20real=20problem=20of=20blindness=20is=20not=20the=20loss=20of=20eyesi=
ght.=20=20The=20
real=20problem=20is=20the=20misunderstanding=20and=20lack=20of=20education=
=20that=20
exists.=20=20If=20a=20blind=20person=20has=20the=20proper=20training=20and=
=20
opportunity,=20blindness=20can=20be=20reduced=20to=20a=20mere=20physical=20=

nuisance."
--=20Kenneth=20Jernigan

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20jeff=20crouch=20<jeffanel at gmail.com
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Fri,=2020=20Jan=202012=2015:46:48=20-0500
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20school=20is=20not=20accomodating

Well=20i=20wish=20it=20was=20just=20as=20easy=20to=20talk=20to=20the=20scho=
ol,=20but=20in=20
flint=20MI
money=20is=20so=20so=20tite,=20and=20the=20sad=20thing=20is=20that=20they=20=
have=20all=20the=20
money
to=20fix=20the=20parking=20lot=20and=20the=20roof,=20but=20they=20can't=20e=
ven=20comply=20
with
the=20braille=20signage,=20i=20mean=20there=20almost=2022=20years=20late,=20=
it=20would=20
be
like=20turning=20in=20a=20asignment=20almost=2022=20years=20late,=20and=20y=
ou=20would=20
get=20a
grade=20of=20an=20(e),=20if=20my=20school=20was=20graded=20on=20the=20acces=
sibility,=20
they
would=20fail=20hands=20down.=20=20I=20am=20trying=20to=20get=20this=20probl=
em=20resolved,
because=20were=20getting=20some=20new=207th=20graders=20in=20and=20for=20pe=
et=20sake,=20
how
are=20they=20going=20to=20find=20there=20classes,=20and=20one=20of=20the=20=
men's=20
bathroom
signs=20are=206=20feet=20or=20more=20above=20the=20ground.=20=20This=20is=20=
out=20raging.=20=20
Sorry
to=20vent=20like=20this,=20but=20this=20is=20something=20that=20need's=20to=
=20be=20taken=20
care
of.

thanks=20all

with=20love
jeff=20crouch

On=201/20/12,=20Gloria=20G=20<gloria.graves at gmail.com>=20wrote:
=20Hi,
=20I=20am=20first=20sorry=20for=20the=20trouble=20you=20are=20having=20to=20=
deal=20with.=20=20I=20
had=20a=20friend
=20in=20Nabraska=20who=20had=20the=20same=20issue=20with=20rooms=20througho=
ut=20the=20
school=20not
=20being=20labeled=20and=20she=20talked=20to=20someone=20in=20her=20school=
=20and=20things=20
got=20worked
=20on
=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
=20From:=20"Ashley=20Bramlett"=20<bookwormahb at earthlink.net
=20To:=20"National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list"
=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20Sent:=20Friday,=20January=2020,=202012=201:14=20PM
=20Subject:=20[nabs-l]=20school=20is=20not=20accomodating


=20Hi=20all,

=20Just=20want=20to=20vent.=20=20My=20school=20doesn=92t=20seem=20very=20ac=
comodating=20and=20
they=92re
=20the=20largest=20community=20college=20in=20the=20commonwealth.=20=20Yo=20=
They=20got=20
over=20five
=20campuses=20and=20you=20can=20read=20about=20at=20www.nvcc.edu.

=20I=92m=20just=20taking=20further=20classes=20to=20get=20a=20writing=20cer=
tificate=20and=20
figured
=20extra=20knowledge=20will=20enhance=20my=20resume=20as=20I=20look=20for=20=
work.=20=20No=20
one=92s=20hiring

=20so=20it=20will=20be=20a=20whwile;=20might=20as=20well=20learn=20more.

=20First,=20my=20disability=20service=20office,=20DSO,=20does=20not=20scan=
=20any=20
texts.=20=20I=20am
=20still=20waiting=20for=20electronic=20text;=20fortunately,=20a=20family=20=
member=20
can=20read
=20meanwhile=20til=20I=20find=20a=20reader=20at=20school.=20=20If=20the=20p=
ublisher=20won=92t=20
give=20us
=20the=20e-book,=20they=20likely=20never=20will;=20I=20mean=20its=20been=20=
two=20weeks!

=20Second,=20I=20am=20taking=20that=20It=20class=20as=20I=20mentioned=20bef=
ore.=20=20The=20
instructor
=20wanted=20jaws=20installed=20in=20her=20office=20because=20she=20needs=20=
to=20show=20me=20
the
=20steps.=20=20Hmm.=20=20Maybe=20I=20need=20a=20laptop.=20=20But=20I=20hate=
=20the=20idea=20of=20
lugging=20the
=20thing=20around!
=20They=20tell=20us=20they=20don=92t=20have=20enough=20licenses;=20um=20how=
=20absurd.=20=20
They=20need
=20lots=20of=20them.=20=20what=20if=20another=20blind=20student=20needs=20j=
aws=20in=20a=20
classroom=20lab?

=20Third,=20they=20cannot=20braille=20tests;=20at=20least=20they=20will=20o=
utsource=20
to=20get=20it
=20brailled=20though;=20just=20seems=20like=20a=20large=20school=20would=20=
be=20able=20to=20
braille
=20tests!

=20Fourth,=20this=20new=20building=20which=20holds=20the=20student=20servic=
e=20stuff=20
and
=20counseling=20center=20is=20very=20open=20few=20halls,=20few=20landmarks.=
=20=20I=20bet=20
its=20not=20ADA

=20compliant.=20=20I=20don=92t=20know=20though.=20=20Its=20certainly=20conf=
using=20for=20a=20
blind
=20traveler.=20=20Sighted=20people=20get=20lost=20until=20they=92ve=20been=
=20there=20a=20
lot=20since=20its

=20not=20laid=20out=20well.

=20Not=20to=20mention=20the=20inaccessible=20website=20and=20CD=20for=20the=
=20IT=20class=20
too.
=20Publishers=20need=20to=20get=20with=20the=20program!

=20Ashley
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