[nabs-l] public versus private universities

[Sophie Trist]

Greetings,

I'm a junior in high school, and as such, I'm beginning to look 
for a college. The other day, a blind friend and I were talking 
about which colleges we were checking out, and I mentioned 
Loyola, which is a private Catholic university in New Orleans. My 
friend, whose mother is a professor at Tulane, another private 
New Orleans school, said that it was very difficult for blind 
people to attend private colleges because they weren't as good as 
protecting textbooks and other necessary materials. He said in 
general that private universities' disability services weren't as 
great as those of public universities. I know this is true for 
post-secondary public schools--they're more able to provide 
braille and technology than are private schools--so I was 
wondering if it was the same with colleges. Also, is there a list 
that ranks colleges' disability support? I know that whenever we 
visit a college, we visit the DS office, but I also know that 
those people are often trying to sell their school. So I was 
wondering if there was any concrete resource I could use for this 
information. Any info or comments would be super helpful and 
appreciated!

Yours sincerely,
Sophie Trist