[nabs-l] One can live without disability services and others

Karl Martin Adam kmaent1 at gmail.com
Tue Dec 16 01:45:26 UTC 2014 

As=20someone=20who=20is=20going=20to=20become=20a=20college=20professor,=20=
I=20would=20
never=20allow=20a=20student=20to=20take=20a=20test=20unproctored.=20=20I've=
=20had=20
professors=20offer=20to=20let=20me=20do=20that,=20and=20once=20or=20twice=20=
I=20have=20just=20
out=20of=20convenience,=20but=20I=20have=20too=20many=20blind=20friends=20w=
ho=20use=20
their=20blindness=20as=20an=20excuse=20to=20take=20tests=20on=20their=20not=
etakers=20or=20
worse=20yet=20at=20home=20so=20they=20can=20cheat=20by=20looking=20at=20the=
=20book=20and=20
their=20notes.=20=20The=20level=20of=20cheating=20that=20goes=20on=20in=20D=
SS=20offices=20
is=20horrifying=20(I=20know,=20I've=20worked=20there)=20without=20even=20ge=
tting=20
into=20giving=20blind=20people=20the=20chance=20to=20take=20in=20class=20ex=
ams=20as=20
takehomes.

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20Michael=20D=20Ausbun=20via=20nabs-l=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
To:=20Gerardo=20Corripio=20<gera1027 at gmail.com>,=20"National=20Association=
=20
of=20BlindStudents=20mailing=20list"=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Mon,=2015=20Dec=202014=2022:28:37=20+0000
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20One=20can=20live=20without=20disability=20servi=
ces=20
and=20others

Hello=20Gerardo:
=09First,=20I=92d=20like=20to=20say=20that=20your=20experience=20is=20admir=
able=20and=20
definitely=20worthwhile=20and=20one=20that=20ought=20to=20be=20heard;=20aft=
er=20
all,=20as=20you=20pointed=20out,=20a=20large=20majority=20of=20blind=20
individuals=20belief=20or=20seem=20to=20believe:=20if=20there=20is=20no=20
disability=20service,=20then=20failure=20is=20inevitable.
=09With=20that=20said,=20however,=20I=20must=20point=20out=20a=20few=20thin=
gs=20which=20
are=20necessary,=20in=20order=20for=20something=20like=20your=20story=20to=
=20
work=20successfully.
1)=09A=20student=20must=20have=20family=20support.=20In=20some=20cases,=20
especially=20when=20an=20individual=20is=20not=20an=20only=20child,=20famil=
y=20
members=20may=20not=20always=20be=20able=20or=20willing=20to=20assist=20a=20=

student=20to=20the=20degree=20which=20is=20necessary=20(I.E.=20reading=20
papers,=20recording=20books=20etc.).=20If=20there=20is=20zero=20family=20
support,=20the=20chance=20of=20success=20is=20exponentially=20decreases,=20=

for=20both=20sited=20folks=20and=20blind.
2)=09A=20student=20must=20have=20professor(s)=20trust.=20I=20also=20have=20=
had=20
occasions=20where=20professors=20have=20given=20me=20the=20exam=20to=20take=
=20
home=20or=20to=20do=20away=20from=20my=20disability=20center.=20In=20my=20c=
ase,=20it=20
was=20either=20because=20the=20professor=20did=20not=20want=20to=20deal=20w=
ith=20
the=20Disability=20services=20office=20or=20they=20did=20not=20trust=20the=
=20
disability=20services=20office=20(professors=20are=20interesting=20
creatures).=20In=20either=20case,=20if=20a=20professor=20gives=20you=20the=
=20
exam=20like=20this,=20they=20have=20to=20trust=20that=20you=20will=20not=20=
cheat=20
in=20some=20way=20shape=20or=20form.=20Many=20students,=20if=20they=20do=20=
not=20
advocate=20well,=20never=20reach=20this=20level=20of=20trust=20with=20their=
=20
instructors.
3)=09Technology=20rocks,=20that=20is,=20if=20you=20manage=20to=20get=20your=
=20hands=20
on=20technology=20which=20can=20help=20you=20succeed,=20then=20you=20may=20=
not=20
need=20a=20disability=20center;=20however,=20most=20students=20don=92t=20ha=
ve=20
the=20technology,=20which=20you=20stated,=20so=20most=20need=20the=20DSS=20=
in=20
order=20to=20succeed=20in=20this=20case.
Of=20course,=20there=20are=20other=20ways=20for=20individuals=20to=20do=20t=
hings=20
without=20the=20disability=20services=20getting=20involved;=20for=20instanc=
e,=20I=20
always=20request=20my=20books=20from=20bookshare,=20so=20I=20don=92t=20have=
=20to=20worry=20
about=20the=20disability=20center=20not=20getting=20them=20to=20me=20on=20t=
ime.=20I=20
think=20though,=20the=20key=20fact=20is=20that=20the=20disability=20center=
=20provides=20
students=20with=20a=20safety=20blanket.=20You=20don=92t=20have=20to=20advoc=
ate=20as=20
much=20nor=20do=20you=20have=20to=20stress=20as=20much.=20If=20you=20go=20t=
hrough=20a=20
disability=20services=20center,=20then=20nine=20times=20out=20of=20ten=20th=
ey=20
assist=20you=20in=20shouldering=20your=20burden.=20This,=20for=20a=20lot=20=
of=20people,=20
can=20and=20probably=20does,=20act=20as=20relief.
=09I=20hope=20I=20addressed=20your=20concerns=20adequately.
Respectfully,
Michael

________________________________________
From:=20nabs-l=20[nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org]=20on=20behalf=20of=20Gerardo=20=

Corripio=20via=20nabs-l=20[nabs-l at nfbnet.org]
Sent:=20Monday,=20December=2015,=202014=201:57=20PM
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list
Subject:=20[nabs-l]=20One=20can=20live=20without=20disability=20services=20=
and=20
others

=20=20HI=20guys
It's=20interesting=20how=20you've=20guys=20talked=20about=20how=20the=20wor=
ld=20comes
crashing=20down=20when=20the=20Disability=20service=20in=20the=20college=20=
doesn't=20
Braille
out=20tests,=20make=20books=20available=20etc.,=20so=20I=20wonder=20how=20d=
o=20you=20
think=20I
managed=20in=20a=20country=20where=20disability=20services=20aren't=20heard=
=20of=20or=20
known?
By=20talking=20with=20the=20teachers,=20suggesting=20techniques=20for=20ins=
tance=20
at
first,=20they=20allowed=20me=20to=20take=20the=20tests=20home,=20and=20have=
=20my=20
parents=20read
me=20the=20tests=20and=20i'd=20answer=20on=20the=20computer=20and=20print=20=
them=20out,=20
turning
them=20to=20the=20teachers=20the=20next=20day=20as=20if=20it=20were=20homew=
ork;=20as=20the
semesters=20wore=20on,=20the=20teachers=20graduated=20to=20seeing=20them=20=
in=20the
classroom=20in=20a=20time=20when=20my=20classmates=20were=20out=20eating=20=
lunch=20or=20
other
activities,=20and=20orally=20test=20me;=20another=20time,=20I=20installed=20=
Jaws=20on=20
the
college's=20computer=20and=20I'd=20go=20and=20take=20the=20test=20there=20w=
ith=20the=20
teacher
in=20that=20she'd=20read=20me=20the=20questions,=20and=20I'd=20type=20in=20=
the=20answers,
printing=20it=20out=20afterwards,=20generally=20before=20my=20classmates=20=
took=20
the=20test
in=20the=20classroom,=20but=20can=20you=20believe=20when=20the=20tech=20guy=
s=20did=20
computer
maintainance,=20they=20erased=20my=20copy=20of=20Jaws?
Books=20and=20other=20written=20assignments?=20During=20the=20first=20semes=
ter=20or=20
so,=20my
parents=20mostly,=20but=20also=20from=20time=20to=20time=20other=20family=20=
members,
recorded=20the=20chapters=20on=20cassettes,=20to=20which=20I'd=20listen,=20=
and=20take=20
notes
on=20an=20old=20Toshiba=20Laptop=20running=20Keysoft=20my=20parents=20had=20=
bought=20
while=20in
the=20States;=20as=20the=20second=20semester=20ended,=20however,=20I=20gues=
s=20I=20was=20
lucky
because=20the=20university=20donated=20for=20my=20use,=20a=20PC=20with=20ku=
rzweil1000=20
and=20a
scanner,=20to=20which=20I=20afterwards=20put=20on=20Jaws=20and=20did=20all=
=20my=20
assignments=20on
there;=20they=20also=20donated=20me=20a=20NoteTaker,=20the=20Braille=20Lite=
=202000=20
for
taking=20notes=20etc;=20as=20I=20say=20again,=20maybe=20it=20was=20luck,=20=
because=20I've
contacted=20other=20college=20students,=20and=20they=20only=20dream=20of=20=
having=20
these
technologies!=20I=20guess=20it's=20one=20of=20the=20advantages=20of=20havin=
g=20gone=20
to=20a
private=20college,=20and=20not=20a=20public=20university?=20So=20there=20yo=
u=20have=20
it;
perseverance/determination,=20wins!=20Also=20support=20from=20family=20
mostly,=20and
teachers,=20except=20for=20those=20who=20dinde'didn't=20believe=20in=20my=20=

abilities=20and
made=20the=20semester=20a=20nightmare!=20So=20what=20do=20you=20guys=20thin=
k?=20are=20
these
experiences=20worthwhile?

--
Enviado=20desde=20mi=20lap
Gerardo=20J=20Corripio=20Flores=20Psic=F3logo,=20Terap=E9uta=20Reiki
Saludos=20desde=20Tampico,=20Tamaulipas=20M=E9xico
RompiendoBarreras=20espacio=20de=20psicolog=EDa/Superaci=F3n=20Personal=20
S=E1bados=2010PM=20M=E9xico=20http://radiogeneral.com=20=A1los=20esperamos!=



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