[nabs-l] I believe I have been discriminated against, where to turn for help?

Thu Feb 14 18:57:37 UTC 2013

what you don't understand it seems is that each situation must be analyzed carefully before any action is taken.
now that she has expressed her situation and it is clear that complaints are not helping, I was the first to recommend legal actions, however, if we automatically reply suing for everything we do, we are taking any dialogue efforts as a failure even before they happen, and believe me or not, some people know how to dialogue, and everything has to be determined individually.

On Feb 14, 2013, at 1:51 PM, Joshua Lester <JLester8462 at pccua.edu> wrote:

> Yeah, but what you don't understand is that American universities don't do anything, until legal pressure is put on them!
> Blessings, Joshua
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> From: nabs-l [nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Mauricio Almeida [mauriciopmalmeida at gmail.com]
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> now we're speaking the same language.
> suing has to be put to the table as a last resource.
> 
> Mauricio.
> On Feb 14, 2013, at 1:46 PM, Joshua Lester <JLester8462 at pccua.edu> wrote:
> 
>> First of all, Laurel's female!
>> Second of all, I've tried going to colleges in the past to rectify my issues and sometimes that doesn't work.
>> I hope she's able to get somewhere, but most of the time, universities don't listen.
>> You've got to use the ADA and the IDEA as your defense and suing is the last resort.
>> Blessings, Joshua
>> ________________________________________
>> From: nabs-l [nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Mauricio Almeida [mauriciopmalmeida at gmail.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 12:42 PM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] I believe I have been discriminated against,      where to turn for help?
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>> suing is not an easy thing to do, and let me tell you something sir, it costs a hex of a lot of money.
>> he might have a much better success by bargaining and treating to sue than actually suing.
>> I recommend you present your case to university authorities first of all.
>> 
>> Mauricio
>> On Feb 14, 2013, at 1:38 PM, Joshua Lester <JLester8462 at pccua.edu> wrote:
>> 
>>> Good grief!
>>> You better sue them!
>>> Contact Scott LaBarre, and he'll help you!
>>> That's terrible!
>>> Blessings, Joshua
>>> ________________________________________
>>> From: nabs-l [nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Laurel [laurel.stockard at gmail.com]
>>> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 12:32 PM
>>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>>> Subject: [nabs-l] I believe I have been discriminated against,  where to turn for help?
>>> 
>>> As my subject says, I believe that I have been discriminated against
>>> by a professor at my university. I am wondering if one of you fellow
>>> listers can tell me where to get help. I had a French professor last
>>> semester. With out making this too long of a story, basically, I have
>>> just found out that she gave me different exams and quizzes than she
>>> gave everybody in the class. She made me do a different and much
>>> harder final exam for example. On the final, I had to go to my
>>> Disability Servic Testing office and answer 4 or 5 questions, in
>>> French of course, one page responses single spaced without use of a
>>> dictionary. I did not know then what everybody else did, I assumed
>>> they did the same as me. I found out yesterday, accidentally, that
>>> what she did was have everybody else come to class and get in groups.
>>> She then gave each group a dictionary, and assigned the groups 1
>>> question each. They then had to answer it and write their answers on
>>> the board. The whole class then discussed each question. All 20
>>> students made 100s on the exam. I made a 74. Had I made an "A" I would
>>> have made an "a" in the class. This is the most major thing she did,
>>> there's a lot of smaller things, but I think I can pin her down on
>>> this one. Where/what NFB resource/resources should I turn to for help?
>>> Thanks
>>> Laurel
>>> 
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