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

Thu Feb 14 19:45:24 UTC 2013

Do you have any sort of documentation of these past grievances? 

Loren 

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From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Laurel
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 12:50 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?

I've filed University complaints regarding other issues before, and it got
me nowhere. I was told that I was a lier, that in fact that have accomodated
me, when in the past I have been discriminated against, and was told that if
I didn't like it I was free to leave the university and go elsewhere.
Complaining to the university won't get me anywhere. It hasn't in the past,
with other issues which I won't list here, and it won't now. This professor
is also the chair of the modern languages department, and I am graduating in
August with my degree in French. She has the power to retaliate if she even
finds out that I know. I know the NFB can help me, but I don't know who to
contact.
Laurel

On 2/14/13, 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?
>
> 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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