[nabs-l] Disappointed in changes to my college degree plan!

[Sophie Trist]

Some of us need braille signs on doors. People like me who aren't 
exactly shining stars in O&M might be assisted by reading the 
room numbers on classrooms.

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Jane <juanitatighan at gmail.com
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Date sent: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 22:21:03 -0500
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Disappointed in changes to my college 
degree plan!

At the risk of sounding ... difficult. Why bother with Braille by 
the classroom doors? They had Braille signs on each building at 
my university, Braille on the rest rooms, and I think there was a 
Braille sign near our Office of Disability services. If you are 
just counting doors to find the right one anyhow, or judging 
distance, you don't need the Braille on each classroom door. This 
is just my opinion. I have to sayI also thought the Braille sign 
on each building was silly. If you didn't know where you were, 
even seeing the building label might not help much.
I should clarify they did not actually put labels on the outside 
of the buildings, but they did label the rest rooms and some 
other things at my request.

Also going in "knowing I will loose" is not a good way to start 
off. Frustrating as it is, you still have to project confidence. 
It's not easy to do, but you have to.

As for the degree in behavioral health, I don't know for sure how 
often *those* change. Before you go and talk to them, check with 
other universities in your state and see if they are updating 
their degree programs. If so, then it's a state-wide requirement 
or three that have been added, and everyone, everyone, everyone 
regardless of disability or lack thereof, is gong to be forced to 
bite the bullet and deal with it, or get a different degree.

Jane






On Nov 13, 2012, at 10:12 PM, Joshua Lester 
<JLester8462 at PCCUAEDU.onmicrosoft.com> wrote:

 Hi Jane.
 My degree is an Associates in Behavioral Health.
 I'm planning to fight it, but I know with those hard-nosed 
people, I'll never win, because I've fought them tooth and nail 
to get efficient Braille on the doors of the classrooms, and 
they've finally approved of changing them, but I have to put the 
labels on, myself!
 This is stuff that should've been done a long time ago, 
according to the IDEA!
 Blessings, Joshua
 ________________________________________
 From: nabs-l [nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Jane 
[juanitatighan at gmail.com]
 Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 9:08 PM
 To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
 Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Disappointed in changes to my college 
degree plan!

 How willing ar eyou to fight?  They tried to completely change 
my degree to something else.

 BTW, what is your degree in If it's education, then I am afraid 
you are out of luck, because requirements for that are always 
changing. If it's something else, ou need to think carefully 
about how hard you want to push them. I simply told them 
point-blank there was no way I was going to stay in college for 
at least one mroe year, maybe more, to take on extra classes that 
were not originally required. Eventually they accepted my 
position, and I was the last person to graduate from my 
university with a degree in English-Journalism.

 Jane

 On Nov 13, 2012, at 9:59 PM, Joshua Lester 
<JLester8462 at PCCUAEDU.onmicrosoft.com> wrote:

 I'm not going to graduate, until December, 2013, due to changes 
in class requirements!
 I now need five more classes, and a practicum!
 I was told originally, that I only needed 2 classes and a 
practicum, which I was going to do in January, but that has 
changed!
 I'm tired of this nonsense!
 I think that the college is just doing this to make money off of 
me, due to my disability.
 Have any of you faced something similar in your colleges?
 Thanks, Joshua

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