[nabs-l] school is not accomodating
Chris Nusbaum
dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
Sat Jan 21 22:54:00 UTC 2012
Oh cool! So am I!
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: jeff crouch <jeffanel at gmail.com
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:58:08 -0500
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] school is not accomodating
yes, i am in 8th grade. I am very formiller with the ada and the
idea.
I like studying stuff like this.
On 1/20/12, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
Jeff,
You have more rights if you are in middle or high school, which
I think you
are! Under the Individuals with disabilities education Act,
idea, you have a
right to a free and appropriate education.
And your parents should advocate for braille signs and whatever
accomodations are needed.
-----Original Message-----
From: jeff crouch
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 4:31 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] school is not accomodating
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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