[nabs-l] Questions to Ask
Marissa
marissat789 at gmail.com
Wed Jun 11 00:39:46 UTC 2014
I'm just jumping in here. Not even entirely sure what this is
about, and I'm sorry. But, if the books are not available from
bookshare, have you tried BARD? Or order them from NLS? I think
there are some other book resources, but I'm not sure. I don't
think APH does textbooks, but I could be wrong.
----- Original Message -----
From: Shickeytha Chandler via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
To: Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com>, National Association
of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 20:15:54 -0400
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Questions to Ask
Arielle,
Oh how lucky you were to have all course materials available via
course reserves! Only one of my Master's level classes this
coming
semester has readings that are offered through course reserves,
and I
know at least two of my required textbooks are not available
through
Learning Ally or Bookshare. So I will likely have to get them
from the
publisher in accessible format or else scan them with my Pearl.
Not a
major inconvenience, but certainly more hassle than having all
materials automatically at one's fingertips!
You make some good points about there being more
professor-student
interaction at the graduate level. I am only just now beginning
my
program, but am already getting a sense that there is a
difference in
that way as compared to undergrad. It does make sense though,
since
graduate programs are on a more professional level and with more
of a
narrowed focus. I think I personally will like that change.
Best,
Shickeytha
On 6/10/14, Arielle Silverman via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
wrote:
Hi Zach,
Although my Ph.D. was in a different field, I will say that in
my
experience with grad school, a disability services office really
shouldn't be a huge requirement. In general, grad courses are
small,
and professors and grad students have much stronger one-on-one
interaction. I always received any needed accommodations just
by
working with my professors. Furthermore, all course materials
were
made available electronically to everyone, not just to me. This
is a
big difference from undergrad where students have to fend for
themselves to obtain textbooks and course readers. In grad
school,
especially in scientific disciplines, there is a much bigger
focus on
empirical papers, which are almost always available online
through
campus libraries or course reserves. The one reason I can think
of
where you might want to work with a DSS office might be if you
want to
get textbooks in Braille, but I'm not sure how much textbook
reading
you will be assigned.
I would suggest applying to schools based on their programs and
the
quality of fit between your interests and those of the faculty.
If you
have a good working relationship with your mentor or mentors,
everything else should fall into place. The mentor will have an
interest in supporting your education and will do whatever is
needed
to make that happen. On the other hand, if your mentoring
relationship
is weak, you might find it harder to get the accommodations you
need.
Once you are admitted, you could certainly check out the DSS
office,
but I don't think it needs to be a priority when you're
applying. Best
of luck!
Arielle
On 6/10/14, zeynep sule yilmaz via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
wrote:
Hi Zack,
One of my neighborhood friends who is blind is doing his PhD
in
genetics. Unfortionately, I don't have his number, but I can
try to
find his email from other people. Would you like me to send his
contact info to you, if I can get it? Feel free to contact with
me,
if you are interested to talk to him.
Thanks and good luck for the grad school!
Zeynep
2014-06-10 10:51 GMT-05:00, Shickeytha Chandler via nabs-l
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>:
Hi Zach,
One thing I would recommend is start off by doing as much
research as
you can independently. By this I mean read everything available
online
about the program you are interested in, including but not
limited to
course descriptions, syllabi from previous semesters, etc. Then
try to
think about any accommodations you might need or problems that
might
arise in those specific classes and try to think of ways to work
around those difficulties if they occur. In your discussions
with the
disability offices, you might bring up specific scenarios and
see what
their ideas would be for providing accommodations. If you have
a State
Vocational Rehabilitation counselor, you can also talk with
him/her
about what specific things that Agency can provide for you while
in
graduate school.
I don't know much about genetics, but I get the impression that
your
program will be very science-intensive with lots of classes in
biology, chemistry and the like. That is the area of study that
I am
least interested in and least skilled at, so I really do not
have much
to offer you in terms of advice, but I do know that the science
classes I was required to take in undergrad were difficult for
me with
lots of visuals. So it might be a good idea to see if the
disability
office has a way of providing you with access to visual
illustrations,
presentations, etc. so that you can benefit from them as much
as your
peers.
Best of luck!
Shickeytha
On 6/10/14, Zach Mason via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
Hi Group,
I'm applying for fall 2015 graduate programs in what I can best
describe
as
"genetics." As a graduate student, are there questions, or
aspects
about
the
program I would be wise to inquire about of the Disabilities
Offices?
Zac
Zachary Mason
Shepherd and Young Stock Manager
Northwinds Farm
(603) 922-8377 Work
(603) 991-6747 Cell
<mailto:zmason at northwindsfarm@gmail.com
zmason at northwindsfarm@gmail.com
806 U.S. Route 3
North Stratford, NH 03590
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