[nabs-l] Re- Frustrated With High School issues

RJ Sandefur joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com
Wed Jan 29 22:54:34 UTC 2014


What is the NFB's stance concerning this issue? RJ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mikayla Gephart" <mikgephart at icloud.com>
To: <sandragayer7 at gmail.com>; "National Association of Blind Students 
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Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2014 4:49 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Re- Frustrated With High School issues


> Sandra,
> When I started with a locker, my mom asked for me to have an end one.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Jan 29, 2014, at 4:36 PM, Sandra Gayer <sandragayer7 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> I live in Europe. I never had Braille on any walls or doors and I
>> managed fine. For some buildings, I didn't even get adequate mobility
>> but I memorised layouts, counted doors and I had friends if I really
>> needed help. The only real issue at one point was my locker. It became
>> tedius counting them and they all felt the same so I labelled it
>> myself. If you need Braille labels on doors, pods etc, maybe write
>> dimo labels yourself and ask for sighted help as to where to put them?
>>
>> Very best wishes,
>> Sandra.
>>
>> On 1/29/14, Roanna Baccchus <rbacchus228 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Dear Johnnie,
>>>
>>> I was in high school for four years and never had any of these
>>> issues.  Maybe you could try talking to the administration at the
>>> school to see if they could put braille signs where your
>>> classrooms will be.  I think under the ADA public schools are
>>> required to have Braille in all of their buildings.  I navigated
>>> my high school campus both by verifying room numbers using the
>>> Braille and memorizing my class schedule.  Let us know how things
>>> turn out in the future.
>>>
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