[nabs-l] Chemistry lab as a blind college student

[Sanchas, Robert]

I know at Rhode Island College their Disability Services Center talks with the professor or department chair and they arrange either that you have a partner or an assistant at no cost to the you.

I don't know what your school's policy is, but I have had partners in the past do what I wasn't able to do and I kept notes and data, afterwards I passed it on to them. One time for an exam I had to do the experiment on my own and my professor had me schedule a different time and he read all the labels and did the visual work for me. From my understanding it mainly depends on your school, professor, and program...

Good luck and Happy Thanksgiving,

Rob.
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To: Shikha; National Association of Blind Students      mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Chemistry lab as a blind college student

You might check out a group called Independence Science that was founded by a blind Chemist, Cary Supalo.  The website is http://www.independencescience.com/   Also the American Chemical Society has an on-line publication about teaching chemistry to students with disabilities, and it is full of lots of ideas. It is a little dated in terms of technology, but it has good information anyway. You can find it at https://www.acs.org/content/dam/acsorg/education/publications/teaching-chemistry-to-students-with-disabilities.pdf  .  You might want to share it with your professor.  You definitely need to get an accessible periodic table too.

BJ

B. J. LeJeune
National Research and Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision
Mississippi State University
P. O. Box 6189
Mississippi State, MS  39762
662-325-2694
www.blind.msstate.edu

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Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2014 8:45 PM
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Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Chemistry lab as a blind college student

Ok
Thanks!

Shikha.

> On Nov 25, 2014, at 6:07 PM, Arielle Silverman via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> You can have your lab partners help with most things. The only time
> you might need your own reader is if it is an individual assignment
> where you don't have partners.
> Arielle
>
>> On 11/25/14, Miso Kwak via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> I'd recommend consulting your school's student service for disabled
>> and your lab professor.
>> Miso
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Nov 25, 2014, at 2:30 PM, Shikha via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey,
>>> How do you accomplish a chemestry lab as a blind college student?
>>> Are you allowed to get your lab partner to help you or do you have
>>> to hire a reader to help you in the chemistry class?
>>>
>>>
>>> Shikha.
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