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

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Thu Dec 18 12:53:31 UTC 2014


In general, it is usually the case that, public/state schools have better resources than private ones.

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> On Dec 15, 2014, at 4:57 PM, Gerardo Corripio via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> HI guys
> It's interesting how you've guys talked about how the world comes crashing down when the Disability service in the college doesn't Braille out tests, make books available etc., so I wonder how do you think I managed in a country where disability services aren't heard of or known? By talking with the teachers, suggesting techniques for instance at first, they allowed me to take the tests home, and have my parents read me the tests and i'd answer on the computer and print them out, turning them to the teachers the next day as if it were homework; as the semesters wore on, the teachers graduated to seeing them in the classroom in a time when my classmates were out eating lunch or other activities, and orally test me; another time, I installed Jaws on the college's computer and I'd go and take the test there with the teacher in that she'd read me the questions, and I'd type in the answers, printing it out afterwards, generally before my classmates took the test in the classroom, but can you believe when the tech guys did computer maintainance, they erased my copy of Jaws?
> Books and other written assignments? During the first semester or so, my parents mostly, but also from time to time other family members, recorded the chapters on cassettes, to which I'd listen, and take notes on an old Toshiba Laptop running Keysoft my parents had bought while in the States; as the second semester ended, however, I guess I was lucky because the university donated for my use, a PC with kurzweil1000 and a scanner, to which I afterwards put on Jaws and did all my assignments on there; they also donated me a NoteTaker, the Braille Lite 2000 for taking notes etc; as I say again, maybe it was luck, because I've contacted other college students, and they only dream of having these technologies! I guess it's one of the advantages of having gone to a private college, and not a public university? So there you have it; perseverance/determination, wins! Also support from family mostly, and teachers, except for those who dinde'didn't believe in my abilities and made the semester a nightmare! So what do you guys think? are these experiences worthwhile?
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> Gerardo J Corripio Flores Psicólogo, Terapéuta Reiki
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