[nabs-l] disability services in college

Tue Dec 30 23:12:36 UTC 2014

Hello
Just to add on to what Carl was saying, I personally experienced my school attempting to talk me out and excepting symbolic logic. For me, that was silly considering it's crucial for success in my field (in my opinion). 
Exempting course is never necessary, as long as a student is inventive and willing to be persistent.

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> On Dec 30, 2014, at 3:09 PM, Karl Martin Adam via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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