[nabs-l] school is not accomodating

[Gloria G]

Hi,
I am first sorry for the trouble you are having to deal with. I had a friend 
in Nabraska who had the same issue with rooms throughout the school not 
being labeled and she talked to someone in her school and things got worked 
on
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 1:14 PM
Subject: [nabs-l] school is not accomodating


> 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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