[nabs-l] college ebooks question

[Suzanne Germano]

His school might remove the binding. My school does so we cannot sell back
the books.


On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 4:14 PM, Elizabeth Mohnke <lizmohnke at hotmail.com>wrote:

> hello John,
>
> I am not sure why the college would deny you in-class assistance without
> providing copies of book receipts since these two things are not related.
> Perhaps you simply contacted them too late into the semester, and you
> cannot receive in-class assistance for your specific classes due to
> scheduling conflicts. The only times I have found in-class assistance
> necessary is when doing peer review for writing classes along with math and
> science classes. Otherwise, I do not see why this would be necessary for
> straight lecture classes.
>
> As for your textbooks, I am not quite sure why you are expecting to
> receive them for free. The college does not tare off the binding, so you
> can re-sell your books at the end of the semester. If you do not wish to
> purchase your books, you could either search for the books on Bookshare, or
> check them out in the library and scan the books yourself. I am not quite
> sure why you are expecting something for free simply because you happen to
> be glind.
>
> Finally, I do not see any reason why you cannot take your own notes in
> class regardless of what kind of technology you may or may not have access
> to at your fingertips. I have been using a slate and stylus to take class
> notes for quite some time now, and it has worked well enough for me despite
> my poor Braille skills. If you learned Braille early on in life, then I do
> not see why this could not be an option for you as well. Sometimes we have
> to make due with the tools we have on hand rather than what we think would
> be the most ideal tool for the job.
>
> Warm regards,
> Elizabeth
>
>
> From: "John Sanders" <sandersj6 at att.net>
> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 10:19 PM
> To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [nabs-l] college ebooks question
>
>  Hi all,
>> I have a question:  I'm currently attending Lansing Community College and
>> the Office of disability services department is saying that if I want to
>> have a inclass assistant and have my textbooks translated in to etext, I
>> need to buy the books and show the receipt that I had bought the books.
>> Why is this required?
>> I hope to hear from you soon.
>> Sincerely,
>> John Sanders
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