[nabs-l] disability services in college

[Karl Martin Adam]

These are some good additional questions.  The only other thing I 
think is important is to find out how they get your books.  Do 
they request publisher files?  If publisher files are not 
available--they aren't for trade books, which is most of what 
you'll be reading in upper level classes and in things like 
English classes--does the office scan books for you?  Do they 
have someone proofread the things they scan if they scan them?  
By the way, you almost certainly won't be getting books in 
braille at all, and if you do they'll be embossed.  Almost all 
colleges will give them to you electronically, which actually is 
more efficient.  Neither of the schools I've gone to (they were 
both public) had the capability to produce things in braille.  As 
for adaptive technology, most schools will have a computer in the 
library with Jaws and maybe one or two more, but of course you'll 
have to provide your own personal computer and notetaker etc.  
You might also want to talk to them and try to figure out 
indirectly if dss tries to control the classes disabled students 
take.  I've heard horror stories from friends at some schools 
where dss basically exempts blind students from taking certain 
classes, such as basic math, because they don't want to provide 
the accommodations that would be necessary.  You probably also 
want to talk about how accommodations for lab science classes 
work.

Best,
Karl

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Date sent: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 18:03:32 -0500
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] disability services in college

Vejas,
Here are a few other suggestions for  questions:
1) How many people work for the DSS?
2) What days and hours are the DSS open?
3) What accommodations are available to me, including testing
accommodations?  What is the process for requesting those  
accommodations?
4) How willing do professors seem to be when working with the  
DSS office?
(note: if you know what degree you are majoring in, you can be  
specific to
that particular group of professors)
5) Who do I talk to and what is the process in dealing with  
issues that
arise in a particular class or with a particular  professor?
6) What percentage of students that your office services are  
blind or
visually impaired?
7) What resources, if any, do you work with outside of your  
office?

Just some thoughts!  Good luck!

Nicole


In a message dated 12/29/2014 5:51:16 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
nabs-l at nfbnet.org writes:

Hi  All,
I am going to be meeting soon with the disability services of my
schools and have some questions/want some insight.
How do you know how  good a DSS program is? (Of my three 
colleges,
one is a Cal State and two  are private, so the privates may not
have very good services).
If the  DSS is poor but you like the college for all other
reasons, is this a big  enough reason not to attend that college?
Also, I'd really like your ideas  on questions I could ask DSS.  
I
already have 5, which I'll paste  below my name, and I would
really appreciate if you could add some more or  change any of 
the
above.
Thanks.
Vejas
Questions to Ask  DSS
1.  How quickly is the turnaround time for Braille  materials?
2.  Is there a Braille transcriber/braillist on campus, or  is
everything just going to be embossed?
3.  Is there anyone on  campus who can create raised diagrams for
subjects such as chemistry and  mathematics?
4.  What kind of adaptive technology is offered at the  school?
5.  Should anything go wrong with my hearing aids, is there
anyone who can help with  them?

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