[nabs-l] college ebooks question

[Arielle Silverman]

Hi John,

Could you ask your instructor to email you the assignments? She might
not be able to email you the readings if they come from a course pack,
but she should be able to send you the assignments. Also, if there are
any public scanners at the college disability office, you can scan the
printed assignments.
Best,
Arielle

On 3/23/14, John Sanders <sandersj6 at att.net> wrote:
> Hi,
> The classes that I'm taking, Student Development 090 and Reading 150 require
> a lot of reading.
> The Student Development class especially requires a lot of reading and
> writing.
> The instructer is giving me a lot of assignment that are in print.
> The instructer did tell me that for the Student Development 090 class, I
> would require a reader.
> She had advised me that she would be in contact with Office of Disability
> Supportive Services.
> I go back to school tomorrow.
> I hope to hear from you soon.
> Sincerely,
> John Sanders
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elizabeth Mohnke
> Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2014 7:18 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] college ebooks question
>
> 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 blind.
>
> 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
> 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 blind.
>
> 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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