[nabs-l] the test accomodations

[Ashley Bramlett]

Hi helga,
for tests with jaws, I simply read it in a word document and write my 
answers to questions in another file. either writing the letter of the 
answer for multiple choice or short answers or essay. if essay, I state the 
question I'm answering so its clear what my answer goes with since the 
questions are in a separate file.
I use the command control f 6 to go between files. I prefer writing my 
answers in a separate file because if I need to go back to a question such 
as if I'm not sure and wish to read it again and think over it  if there's 
time, I write a question mark by the number. For instance, writing 4. ? and 
next line write 5. A and write 6. c ?. This means in question 6 I think it 
is C but want to go back to it.

Its good that your disability staff is good with reading and scribing.
I haven't had a professor read and write answers for me yet though. That 
sounds neve  racking; I've done them in the disability office or testing 
center, depending on what colege its in.
The class I'm facing the potential problem with the reader and 
discrimination from the school is my world religion class.
Not because of the professor who is helpful, but from the school failing to 
provide a competent reader. More on that next message.
You can email me at bookwormahb at earthlink.net.
Ashley



-----Original Message----- 
From: Helga
Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2013 7:45 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] the test accomodations

Hi Ashley, this is Helga. I know what you mean when you don't receive the
help you need for testing. I'm also in my finals right now as well. In order
for me to do my tests my disability adviser's assistant read me and scribe
the test for me. She was very competent in reading, but sometimes I ask her
if she could repeat the questions again, and she did it. The reason I did
that is because my first Language is not English even though I speak it.
Math was one of the hardest test to do with a scribe because sometimes it
took me a while to tell her where to write the numbers in the test. I'm
actually blind and I use JAWS, but I didn't really use it for testing yet.
By the way, how does it work? Have you talk to your professors about this?
Also, I just wanted to tell you that for this semester my professors are the
ones who read and write the answers of the questions of the tests for me. By
the way, what classes are you taking right now that you are require to take
finals exams? I'm just wondering. By the way, do you have any contact number
where I can contact you in order to answer your questions in more detail, or
email address? Thank you so much. God bless!!

-----Original Message----- 
From: Ashley Bramlett
Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2013 1:21 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: [nabs-l] the test accomodations

Hi all,

As finals approach, I wanted to know what test accomodations you get. Do you
feel they are adaquate and meet your needs?
If you need a reader and person to scribe your answers on a scantron, how
are they? Are they competent readers?

I’m going through a discriminatory situation now. Most my readers were
incompetent but I got around that by asking them to speak slower and repeat
things; I mean they could not speak all that clearly and read fast and spoke
to the paper not articulately to me. Many exams I took with jaws to avoid
this; I feel this way is slower for me and a reader can directly mark my
answers on a scantron as well as go back to questions I missed. If I need a
reader scribe I should be given a competent reader.

I’ll tell more about this specific test issue in another message.

Look forward to seeing your responses.

Ashley
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