[nabs-l] I believe I have been discriminated against, where to turn for help?
Hannah Chadwick
sparklylicious at gmail.com
Thu Feb 14 19:07:22 UTC 2013
Joshua,
I know you have had problems with your college, but please don't
make the assumption that all "American universities" are the same
way. I'm sorry that your college did not accommodate you, but my
freshmen year of college has been great! The disability center
here has gone out of their way to honor my request for all
Braille materials for my Mandarin course, and although I've had
small problems with various professors, my overall experience
have been positive.
----- Original Message -----
From: Joshua Lester <JLester8462 at pccua.edu
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:51:52 +0000
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] I believe I have been discriminated
against,where to turn for help?
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]
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 12:49 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?
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
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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?
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
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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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