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

Mon May 14 17:06:33 UTC 2012

I'm taking the class.
We've discussed that, and we're going that route.
Also, I should be getting my books in Braille, which will also help!
Thanks, Joshua

On 5/14/12, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 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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