[nabs-l] Freshman year

[Ashley Bramlett]

Katie,
Unfortunately, you cannot change some bad experiences and attitudes. Why 
would you tell them? Being totally blind with a cane, isn't it obvious?
You may want to be more specific. What exactly would you tell them and why? 
If its professors, I simply state it; I have some vision so I say visually 
impaired. I simply state my condition and state then I will need 
accomodations and will discuss those and any questions they have after class 
and if needed a meeting. This has always worked fine with me. I advocate 
ahead of time to professors via email; after all, I want electronic copies 
of stuff, particularly the syllabus which is handed out first thing day one.

I think the only disclosing you need to do is via phone if you have a 
roommate. I'd tell the roommate ahead of time, so its not a shocker to them; 
with all your adaptive equipment and all. I told my roommates and they 
seemed fine with it.

Good luck.
Ashley

-----Original Message----- 
From: Katie Cl
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 6:16 PM
To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
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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