[nabs-l] Freshman year

[Katie Cl]

I am going to Southern Illinois University and am majoring in Architecture. I have some vision.  I am the first person to ever major in Architecture so the professors have bees worked about me in the class. With other people on my floor should I just tell them that I can't see or just if they ask? I will most defiantly use humor, that sounds good. 

<3 Princess Cy-I <3

On Jul 17, 2012, at 5:46 PM, David Dodge <daviddod at buffalo.edu> wrote:

> Katie,
> Like Beth, I am excited to hear what college you are going to. However, I
> would not nececcerily choose your college on how accessible it is. I would
> make choices based on academics and teach them how to become more
> accessible if need be.
> 
> In general, college students are more accepting than high school students
> because institutions of higher learning are very into diversity.
> 
> Honesty, humor, and letting them know that there is more to you then sight
> or the lack thereof is the beat thing you can do.
> 
> David
> 
> On Tuesday, July 17, 2012, Beth <thebluesisloose at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Katie,
>> Hi, my name is Beth.  I did not graduate college yet, but I'm going back
> in a major of women's studies.  I had bad experiences in high school as
> well.  You are welcome to write me off list if you need something or
> whautever it is you want to talk about.  Whuaft college are you going to?
> My old university recently had to settle a lawsuit with a friend of mine
> or two over its math department inaccessibility.  So I'd be careful whaut
> college you are going on to.  As for approaching the subject of someone who
> can see learning about your blindness, I'd put a little humor in it.  I'm
> not sure, but first, I'd write down whaut you want to say, read that out
> loud to yourself, and then decide for yourself whether you want to say it
> or not.  Sometimes a littel humor gets people disarmed much quicker than
> just saying, "I'm blind.  I can't see.  I have to be accommodated." etc.
>> Beth
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Katie Cl <katminecce at yahoo.com
>> To: "nabs-l at nfbnet.org" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> Date sent: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:16:33 -0500
>> Subject: [nabs-l] Freshman year
>> 
>> Hi my name is Katie and I am going to be a freshman in college this fall.
> I was wondering how other people handled telling others they couldn't see.
> In high school I had a bad experience and don't want it to happen again.
> Any advice would be helpful.
>> THANKS
>> 
>> <3 Princess Cy-I <3
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