[nabs-l] Concerned about a class, I'm taking, this Fall

[Ashley Bramlett]

Joshua,
curious if you decided to take the class. I think if you work with the 
professor and have him/her describe pictures and make diagrams for you as 
well as touch models and memorize the info, you will be fine. I doubt 
they'll braille the book for you. Even if they get it brailled, most 
transcribers do not include diagrams in the book. If you want to see pre 
made diagrams of the body systems, APH has two volumes of this. Not sure 
what its called but they are diagrams with brief descriptions of the parts 
on the next page.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Chrys Buckley
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2012 5:20 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Concerned about a class, I'm taking, this Fall

Hi Joshua,

I took A&P last year. It was a year-long course and ended up being one of
my favorite classes I've ever taken. I remember being pretty nervous about
it before the class started because you always hear about what a visual
class A&P is, but it ended up being fine.

A lot of people already gave you good suggestions and encouragement. I'm
just going to add a few things:

There are a lot of hands-on opportunities with A&P. For example, the
articulating skeletons that someone mentioned. In my lab we also had lots
of models that were tactile. For example, we had these huge model arms and
legs with the muscles very defined so that you could feel them as a way of
learning the muscles and their origins and insertions and get a feel for
how they move. A lot of the articulating skeletons also have marks where
the muscles originate and insert and so these can always be labeled. We
also had model organs and model tissue layers, all very tactile.

Your class may also do dissections and/or work with cadavers. If so, this
is great because again you will be able to explore these in a tactile way.
My class had both animal organs as well as cadavers and many things can
easily be distinguished by touch. A great example is blood vessels. Many of
the sighted students had a very difficult time with this because there are
so many, but really feeling the differences was a huge advantage (veins and
arteries feel very different from each other, for example). What I did in
my class for quizzes was go into the cadaver room with an assistant and I
would feel the different parts we were supposed to identify and spell them
out to a lab assistant who would record them for me.

The class was a lot of work but so, so interesting. The physiology part is
not so visual as the anatomy. And it will definitely have tons of
applications in behavioral health! I wish you look and hope that you have a
great class and really get to enjoy it!

Chrys

On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 6:53 AM, Joshua Lester <
jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu> wrote:

> I'll join it, when I get back from church.
> That's a great idea, because I'll have to have alot of these classes,
> for my Behavioral Health degree.
> I don't understand why I'd need A and P, for Behavioral health, though.
>
>
> On 4/15/12, David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com> wrote:
> > You might also ask for suggestions on the nfb-science list,
> >
> > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-science_nfbnet.org
> >
> > to join.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > At 07:52 AM 4/15/2012, you wrote:
> >>Thanks for the encouragement.
> >>I'll try to make sure, and get a reader for diagrams.
> >>I'm about to get my notetaker, this Fall, so that will be a plus, as
> well!
> >>Blessings, Joshua
> >>
> >>On 4/15/12, Loren <isaiah5719 at mchsi.com> wrote:
> >> > Joshua,
> >> >
> >> > Several yeaars ago now, my wife took an a and p course. She was in
> >> > speech
> >> > pathology at the time.  She had a reader attend some classes with her
> to
> >> > make raised-line drawings of various things.  She also used
> arrangements
> >> > ahead of time with the professor to take the exams.  She was able to
> >> > complete the course.  She is a very good braille reader and was
> >> able to take
> >> > some notes herself as well.  She mainly used the reader to get the
> >> > diagrams
> >> > down.  I wish you well on the course.  Just remember you have the
> right
> >> > to
> >> > be there; so, kick butt and make sure you get what you needf.
> >> >
> >> > Loren Wakefield
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org
> >> [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> >> > Of Joshua Lester
> >> > Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 10:34 AM
> >> > To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> >> > Subject: [nabs-l] Concerned about a class, I'm taking, this Fall
> >> >
> >> > Have any of you ever taken Intro to A and P, (Anatomy, and
> >> Physiology?) This
> >> > is going to be a visual class, so I really need Braille, and my
> >> Rehab people
> >> > aren't cooperating!
> >> > They're using their own resources, instead of the group, I asked them
> to
> >> > use!
> >> > This, is frustrating!
> >> > Thanks, Joshua
> >
> >
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