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

Wed Nov 14 18:13:51 UTC 2012

I had something similar happen to me. I am supposed to graduate in
December of 2013. I was told the other day that I need 6 more hours of
electives, and go figure most of the classes that are options to me
are either not accessible, not workable or online and the online
component isn't accessible to me. So I have to go take a class at the
community college, which is also not accessible but easier to make
work, and transfer it in. This is after the university made me change
my foreign language double major to a French major Russian minor
because they refused to accomodate 8 more classes of Russian for me.
Universities never sease to amaze me, hang in there man you're not the
only one.
Laurel

On 11/14/12, Kirt Manwaring <kirt.crazydude at gmail.com> wrote:
> We're getting off topic here, but, I guess, I'll push this train a
> little farther off the railroad track.  I find braille signs helpful,
> but not necessary.  I've usually found braille signs to be consistent
> within a given building; that is, when I find where they put a sign in
> relation to one room door, the other signs in the same building are
> usually in the same relative position to their respective doors.  Not
> always, but usually.  The only time in my recent memory I've ever felt
> like I was at a real disadvantage without braille signs was when I was
> staying at a motel a couple months ago and there were like four
> buildings in the complex with no braille anywhere.  I figured it out,
> to the point where I could consistently find anything I needed in the
> dang complex, but it took a few extra minutes of trial and error I
> really didn't want to spend...but even that was only a minor
> annoyance.
>
> On 11/14/12, Sophie Trist <sweetpeareader at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> 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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