[nabs-l] April Meeting of the Ohio Association of Blind Students

[Aleeha Dudley]

Hello All, 
I know it is really late notice, but if you are not doing anything tonight, please consider coming to this conference call. It will provide a lot of great information about what to expect when it comes to talking to professors about classes and also about tactile images and electronic textbooks. It should be a great time and you can ask questions of both of our sure-to-be wonderful speakers! Below you will find all the info! Hope to see you on the call! It's open to anyone! 
Aleeha 

Aleeha dudley 

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> From: "Kaiti Shelton" <kaiti.shelton at gmail.com>
> Date: April 19, 2013, 12:33:04 AM EDT
> Subject: April Meeting
> 
> Hi OABSters,
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> our April meeting will be held at 7:00.  Call in at 218-862-6420, Code 212-7918 to join.  We will be having some really cool speakers give a panel discussion on disability services, so it’s something I think all of us, whether you are a college vet, currently in college, going into it next fall, or are still in high school would benefit from hearing.  It’s always good to have things repeated every once in a while, or for some of us said well before they have to be.
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> The agenda will be a little different this month; we’ll have to approve the minutes from the last two meetings since we technically didn’t have enough people to approve February’s last month, then we will let our speakers have the floor and discuss new business when they are done.  I’ve written short biographies on who the confirmed presenters are and what they do below so you can get an idea of their perspectives and experiences, as well as what they will be contributing to the conversation. 
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> Jordan Harshman is a TA at Miami University.  Through working with Aleeha in her chemistry classes he has come up with some creative and innovative ways to make visual subjects like chemistry accessible to blind students in the classroom.  Jordan recently presented on accessibility in the chemistry classroom at the American Chemical Society’s national convention.  To compliment what Jordan has to say about tactile images, Deanna Arbuckle, the disabilities and assistive technology coordinator at the University of Dayton, will speak about the text aspects of disability services.  She will focus on E-text and alternative formats for textbooks, web-based course materials, and other options which would be available to a blind student for receiving accessible materials.  Deanna also is an adjunct faculty member at Wright State University, where she teaches a Medical Aspects of Disability course in the Rehabilitative Studies department. 
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> Throughout the discussion both Jordan and Deanna will touch on basic tips for success with the DS office and professors, such as ways to properly communicate with professors regarding your blindness before the start of the semester and advocating for your needs in the classroom.  It’s going to be a great discussion and I think we all would benefit from participating in it.  Hope to hear you all on the call. 
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> Kaiti Shelton
> University of Dayton---2016
> Music Therapy Major, Psychology Minor, Clarinet
> Secretary, Ohio Association of Blind Students (OABS)-NFB
> Member of Alpha Phi Omega-Alpha Gamma Xi Chapter
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