[nabs-l] school is not accomodating

[David Dodge]

Ashley,
Have you worked with your state rehabilitation agency at all? Sometimes,
they are good at helping advocate for things such as these.

http://www.learningally.org/About-Us/19/ this is a good website that you
can show people in your DSO that has audiobooks - if those are helpful to
you.

You may wish to ask who your ADA overseer is on campus. They may be able to
help you discern what, if anything, that the school is doing goes against
ADA regulations.

David
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David Dodge
Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions Rep.
State University of New York Student Assembly
English Major
University at Buffalo
306 Clemens Hall
Buffalo, NY 14260
daviddod at buffalo.edu


On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Ashley Bramlett
<bookwormahb at earthlink.net>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Just want to vent. My school doesn’t seem very accomodating and they’re
> the largest community college in the commonwealth. Yo They got over five
> campuses and you can read about at www.nvcc.edu.
>
> I’m just taking further classes to get a writing certificate and figured
> extra knowledge will enhance my resume as I look for work. No one’s hiring
> so it will be a whwile; might as well learn more.
>
> First, my disability service office, DSO, does not scan any texts. I am
> still waiting for electronic text; fortunately, a family member can read
> meanwhile til I find a reader at school. If the publisher won’t give us the
> e-book, they likely never will; I mean its been two weeks!
>
> Second, I am taking that It class as I mentioned before. The instructor
> wanted jaws installed in her office because she needs to show me the steps.
> Hmm. Maybe I need a laptop. But I hate the idea of lugging the thing around!
> They tell us they don’t have enough licenses; um how absurd. They need
> lots of them. what if another blind student needs jaws in a classroom lab?
>
> Third, they cannot braille tests; at least they will outsource to get it
> brailled though; just seems like a large school would be able to braille
> tests!
>
> Fourth, this new building which holds the student service stuff and
> counseling center is very open few halls, few landmarks. I bet its not ADA
> compliant. I don’t know though. Its certainly confusing for a blind
> traveler. Sighted people get lost until they’ve been there a lot since its
> not laid out well.
>
> Not to mention the inaccessible website and CD for the IT class too.
> Publishers need to get with the program!
>
> Ashley
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