[nabs-l] international students

[Elif Emir]

Well I admit that I got more accommodation's here than I had back in
Turkey in terms of the accessible course materials. This is wonderful.
The problem is being lack of social support which can be a back up
when there is no accommodation.
Plus this is a huge culture shock.
In this situation it is very hard to locate in a new country, lern how
and where to do shopping, find a way for transportation, how to call
for a cab, learn the naberhood and campus to navegate independently,
discover the food, brands, health system, learn how to recognize
dollar bills and coin, write a check, so and so.
an international student has to figure all these out very shortly in
order to survive. Blindness and language make this harder. So some
daily living assistance at the beginning would be very cool.
Anyway, if there is any international students here please reach me.
We can advocate for future generations together.



2014-11-11 0:29 GMT-05:00, Kaiti Shelton via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>:
> Hi all,
>
> This is definitely dialog which should happen.  I think that domestic
> students also have a lot to learn from international students, and we
> could all benefit from more open communication.
>
> So, do tell us what you think we could do to help, but also remember
> to speak up.  I was totally unaware of the lack of accommodations
> available to students who are not U.S citizens until very recently,
> and I doubt I'm the only one who isn't very knowledgeable on this.  If
> you have ideas based on what you did for accommodations in your home
> country that you think could help students in the U.S, share those
> too.
>
> I think If we're all open and provide helpful suggestions, everyone
> will benefit.
>
> On 11/10/14, zeynep sule yilmaz via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Elif, that's a great topic to talk about here too. I'm asking all the
>> NABS members. How NABS can support international students better? Is
>> there any idea? Most of us had or still have some problems because of
>> being international student. This may be lack of the information and
>> resources that are available to American sitizens with disabilities. I
>> know that being a strong self-advocate is always what we would like,
>> however, we need support from native students sometimes.  I would like
>> to know, if any of the NABS members have any idea on that.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Zeynep
>>
>>
>> 2014-11-10 13:02 GMT-06:00, Darian Smith via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>:
>>> Hello,
>>>   We have an "International Students" E-mail list that can be found
>>> among
>>> the  collection of list serves  of the NFB at www.nfbnet.org
>>> <http://www.nfbnet.org/>.
>>>   I'm sure there are international students on the NABS list, but I
>>> suspect
>>> there are more of them on the International  Students List.
>>>    Hope this is helpful to you.
>>>   Best,
>>>   Darian
>>>> On Nov 10, 2014, at 10:05 AM, Elif Emir via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> My name is Elif.
>>>> I'm a graduate student from Turkey.
>>>> I'm wondering how many international students are we in this group?
>>>> Or is there anyone who knows about an international blind student who
>>>> is not a member of this e-mail group?
>>>> Could you contact me from here my personal e-mail to discuss about the
>>>> accommodation's we have, problems spessific to international students
>>>> and adjustment issues.
>>>> I want to get together online, and talk to each other and support each
>>>> other about these internationally spessific issues.
>>>> Best
>>>> Elif Emir Oksuz
>>>> filerime at gmail.com
>>>>
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