[nabs-l] school is not accomodating

[Chris Nusbaum]

He=20can=20advocate=20himself=20as=20well!=20I=20do=20it=20all=20the=20time=
=20and=20I'm=20in=20
8th=20grade.

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:=20"Ashley=20Bramlett"=20<bookwormahb at earthlink.net
To:=20"National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list"=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Fri,=2020=20Jan=202012=2017:34:45=20-0500
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20school=20is=20not=20accomodating

Jeff,
You=20have=20more=20rights=20if=20you=20are=20in=20middle=20or=20high=20sch=
ool,=20which=20I=20
think=20you
are!=20Under=20the=20Individuals=20with=20disabilities=20education=20Act,=20=
idea,=20
you=20have=20a
right=20to=20a=20free=20and=20appropriate=20education.
And=20your=20parents=20should=20advocate=20for=20braille=20signs=20and=20wh=
atever
accomodations=20are=20needed.


-----Original=20Message-----
From:=20jeff=20crouch
Sent:=20Friday,=20January=2020,=202012=204:31=20PM
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20school=20is=20not=20accomodating

yeah,=20oh,=20this=20is=20my=20first=20time=20on=20this=20bord,=20and=20i=20=
love=20it.=20=20Wow=20
i=20am
more=20active=20on=20hear=20then=20i=20am=20on=20the=20nfbmi=20list.=20=20l=
ol,=20i=20can't=20
wait=20to
get=20to=20know=20you=20wonderful=20people,=20hey=20if=20you=20have=20skype=
=20feel=20free=20
to
add=20me,=20my=20screen=20name=20is
magic2127

have=20a=20good=20day
with=20love
jeff=20crouch

On=201/20/12,=20Jonathan=20Franks=20<franks.jonathan13 at gmail.com>=20wrote:
=20I=20agree,=20you=20should=20keep=20talking=20to=20theschool.=20=20Also,=
=20if=20you=20get=20
more
=20people
=20to=20talk=20to=20the=20school=20on=20the=20issue,=20the=20school=20will=
=20be=20more=20
likely=20to=20the
=20problem.=20=20My=20suggestion=20is=20to=20go=20out=20and=20talk=20to=20y=
our=20friends=20
and=20peers=20and
=20let=20them=20know=20about=20the=20issue,=20advocating=20is=20a=20good=20=
way=20to=20solve=20
a=20problem
=20or=20come=20up=20with=20solutions.=20=20Good=20luck.

=20Sent=20from=20my=20iPhone

=20On=20Jan=2020,=202012,=20at=202:25=20PM,=20"Gloria=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=20=
throughout=20
the
=20school
=20not=20being=20labeled=20and=20she=20talked=20to=20someone=20in=20her=20s=
chool=20and=20
things=20got
=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=20=
more.

=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=
=20confusing=20
for=20a=20blind
=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!

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