[nabs-l] This is a message for Jewel regarding Workshops for the Professors at Colleges and Universities

[Jewel]

Dear Helga,
I  can try to help! The school I go to currently is Wake Technical
Community College in Wake County, North Carolina (the main campus is
in Garner, but several other campuses are in Raleigh, where I live).
Their website is www.waketech.edu. I  would suggest talking to the
director of disability support services, Regina Willis. Her phone
number is (919) 532-5598. She is a very busy person, however, as she
is also filling the position of counselor in DSS  and interviewing
candidates for that position, as well as her usual
beginning-of-semester duties as director. I just tell you this so you
don't get anxious if she doesn't call you back quickly. She would know
more about the workshops. As far as I know, the workshops are on
working with people with all kinds of disabilities and they talk
during that workshop about working with blind students. DSS also works
closely with the professors who will have a  blind student to teach
them how to fulfill accommodations. I  know they asked my professors
to always put captions with images in their powerpoints because I  had
them in my biology class, communications class, and French class. My
biology professor was the best at this, as she put a  caption for
every image for every powerpoint. I  can send you examples of
powerpoints she did for me, as I kept a few of the last chapter's
powerpoints. Monday, I'll call DSS (I  need to anyway) and see who is
in charge of the workshops. I  imagine there is someone who
coordinates them, but I don't know who. My school also won't provide
hard copy Braille books, though I've never pushed it since I prefer
.brf files that I can read with my refreshable Braille display and
print as needed on my embosser, both of which were provided by the
division of services of the blind, part of the state government.
Contact me privately if you want to talk more about that. Also, feel
free to ask more questions about my school and its accommodations and
all that jazz. *smiles*
~Jewel
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On 1/12/14, helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com <helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Jewel, this is Helga. How are you? Remember when I did my research paper
> regarding “Are Visually Impaired College Students Descriminated Against?,”
> and I ask you, if you could give me yur life testimony in how does your
> college helps yu and all that? And yu actually told me that your college
> does Workshops where they teach Professors how to teach  a Blind student, or
>  a visually impaired student, and they actually receive credit hours for
> attending the workshops as well! Actually you told me that for the
> powerpoints the professor places a description of the picture underneath it,
> and etc. I just wanted to ask you, do you know who is in charge in
> organizing these workshops for the professors in order to teach a blind or
> visually impaired student, and could yu give me their contact number in
> order to talk to them regarding this? And also, Would it be possible for yu
> to give me the contact number of your DSS adviser, and the DSS office in
> order to ask them what kind of accomodations they give a blind or visually
> impaired student for his or her class, and also how do they provide these
> accomodations for them? I’m just wondering, since my college does not have
> any of these workshops in order to educate professors in how to teach a
> blind or visually impaired student, and I’m actually having some
> difficulties in my classes because I actually need to explain to my
> professors in how they can give me my assignments and providing them!, since
> I’m a blind student. I really enjoy doing that, but I’m not suppose to do
> so, my college is suppose to train them about it. Just to let you know, my
> DSS adviser doesn’t coperate with me in giving my assignments in Braill, and
> I have a lot of issues with her. However, even though I have many issues
> with her, I would like to inform her about these workshops, and I actually
> would like to start one in my college. That is why I ask yu for the contacts
> and who can I talk about this. Also, could you tell me the name of yur
> college? Just curious! I will really appreciate it  a lot, if yu could help
> me and give me some suggestions regarding this. Hope to hear from yu soon!
> Thanks so much and God bless!!
> P.S. By the way, if you want you can contact me on the list, or off list.
> Whatever yu prefer Ok? eThanks again for all your time!!