[nabs-l] Frustrating High School Issue...

justin williams justin.williams2 at gmail.com
Wed Jan 29 04:15:49 UTC 2014


You could also try a braille label, except, I would be worried about
durability with all the people walking by and messing with it.  The school
does not seem to be taking you seriously which may cause problems down the
road. You can try a self labeling system, if you want.

-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lillie
Pennington
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 11:12 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Frustrating High School Issue...

Talk to your tvi. It was probably a offhandedly comment. My high school does
not have Braille and while it is nice to have I get around to all of my
classes independently. You could try putting bel crow on the doors of your
classes or something if pure memorization will not work for you.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 28, 2014, at 11:00 PM, johnnie Jean duran <johnniejduran at gmail.com>
wrote:
> 
> Dear National Association of Blind Students, As some of you are aware 
> of, next year, I will become a 9th grader
> (freshman) at Alameda International High School. This high school is a 
> public school in Lakewood Colorado.
> While visiting the school for the first time, I'd realized that the 
> area in which the 9th grade students have classes in, has no braille 
> on the walls. There are 2 pods, that look exactly alike, but there is 
> no braille on each doorway to identify which room you are entering.
> This is going to be an issue for me because there is no way of 
> identifying which room I am entering, or which pod I am in. I brought 
> this situation up to my TVI and ONM teachers. My ONM teacher then 
> informed me that she'd spoken to Alameda several times, and they've 
> made it seem as if this issue was not a necessity. My TVI told me that 
> she would talk to the administration about this issue. A few days 
> later, she happily informed me that they were getting braille up on 
> the walls ASAP.
> 2 months later, while I am viseting the school with my 8th grade 
> class, we took a tour through the pods, and still I did not see any 
> braille. At a parent night my Mom attended tonight, she brought up the 
> issue to the Assistant Principal as well. He informed us that he's 
> been aware of the situation for several years, and then turned away as 
> if it were not important enough to discuss. He then told us, that I 
> would be placed in a challenge room with students who have multiple 
> disabilities. I was frustrated with this issue because of the fact 
> that I do not need to be in a challenge room. I am capable of 
> everything a sighted individual is capable of doing, and the only 
> thing that is stopping me is that braille. I feel like I am being 
> underestimated, and I rfuse to be placed in a challege room when I 
> don't need it.
> The NFB is my last resort, therefore as experienced blind students, I 
> am asking for your help. How would I take this situation to the next 
> level?
> All advice is always appreciated!
> Thank you,
> JJ
> 
> --
> Ms. Johnnie Jean Duran
> 8th Grade Student
> O'Connell Middle School - An IB World School Lakewood, Colorado, 
> United States Member Of The National Federation Of The Blind Of 
> Colorado (NFBCO), The Colorado Association Of Blind Students (CABS), 
> and the North Metro Chapter of the NFB.
> Facebook: facebook.com/johnniejean.duran
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