[nabs-l] school is not accomodating

Sat Jan 21 22:53:48 UTC 2012

Welcome to the list Jeff! I think I've heard you on Audio Access 
FM, right? :) You're also friends with Brandon right? I think 
I've been in conference calls (on Skype) with you!

Chris

"The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight.  The 
real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that 
exists.  If a blind person has the proper training and 
opportunity, blindness can be reduced to a mere physical 
nuisance."
-- Kenneth Jernigan

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:34:50 -0600
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] school is not accomodating

Welcome to this list!
Blessings, Joshua

On 1/20/12, jeff crouch <jeffanel at gmail.com> wrote:
 yeah, oh, this is my first time on this bord, and i love it.  
Wow i am
 more active on hear then i am on the nfbmi list.  lol, i can't 
wait to
 get to know you wonderful people, hey if you have skype feel 
free to
 add me, my screen name is
 magic2127

 have a good day
 with love
 jeff crouch

 On 1/20/12, Jonathan Franks <franks.jonathan13 at gmail.com> wrote:
 I agree, you should keep talking to theschool.  Also, if you get 
more
 people
 to talk to the school on the issue, the school will be more 
likely to the
 problem.  My suggestion is to go out and talk to your friends 
and peers and
 let them know about the issue, advocating is a good way to solve 
a problem
 or come up with solutions.  Good luck.

 Sent from my iPhone

 On Jan 20, 2012, at 2:25 PM, "Gloria G" 
<gloria.graves at gmail.com> wrote:

 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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