[nabs-l] Presence of disability organizations on collegecampuses

[Karl Martin Adam]

I'm not sure why there would be anything unethical about the DS 
office providing information.  My DSS office regularly sends out 
things they think would interest their students like when a 
professor wants a person with a disability to come and speak to a 
class or when the college has a job for or etiquette banquet or 
something.  Of course if your Ds office doesn't do that sort of 
thing, that might be different, but I think that's idiosyncratic 
to your school.  It's also quite common for offices to have 
fliers in their waiting rooms that they think would be useful, so 
if they're not willing to send out an e-mail, maybe you could ask 
if they're willing to do that.  My old school did have a 
disability social club that was largely for people with autism or 
cognitive impairments to have a place to interact with people, 
but they never had more than like five or six members and I think 
it disappeared after a couple semesters.  If you have a good 
working relationship with the secretary at DS or maybe with 
whoever people make accommodations appointments with, you could 
maybe also have them promote your club once it exists.

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Kaiti Shelton via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
To: Roanna Bacchus <rbacchus228 at gmail.com>, National Association 
of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 17:47:35 -0500
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Presence of disability organizations on 
collegecampuses

As I mentioned in my first email, they can't do that, otherwise I
would have taken the easy road and gone that route.  Sending out
personalized emails like test reminders is very different from
disceminating information about groups like this in the eyes of 
the DS
professionals.

I can understand that they likely have codes of ethics they have 
to
abide by, and although I'd certainly prefer they just send out an
email I do see why they would be cautious to do it if under
restrictions and a code of ethics and such.  I would probably be
cautious too to be honest, but I think this could potentially be
beneficial.

I get the sense that disability issues are pushed under the rug 
for
general campus communities.  In my entire time at school I've 
come
across one wheelchair user, this other girl, and a guy who either 
due
to dorphism or something else was extremely short.  I'm sure I've 
met
other people with ADHD and other learning disabilities, but as 
far as
visible ones go that's the whole of my experiences on campus.  
Maybe
I'm just over-sensitive to it since for a long time I was the 
only one
on campus who I was aware of in terms of dealing with significant
accommodations and such (by that I mean someone with more than 
just
extended time on tests).  A lot of the challenges I've faced are 
also
probably being faced by not just other blind students, but those 
who
are in wheelchairs or use other mobility aids to get around, 
those who
have Dyslexia, etc.  I don't even know some of the issues facing
students who are hard of hearing or who have other disabilities, 
and I
doubt the general public does either.  What good is diversity if 
not
all groups are represented?

There is a symposium on Aging and Disability which is being held 
in
March.  Unfortunately I cannot attend as it falls in an hour 
where I
have class, but two of my professors from the music department 
will be
speaking on the panel.  Maybe one of them would be helpful in
brainstorming ways to get the word out.  I do also know a few 
people
who are RAs in the dorms, so I could ask them to spread the word
around to the other RAs or the RCs for me.

On 2/11/15, Roanna Bacchus via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
 Hi Dstian if you were still continuing these efforts I would ask
 your Sds office to send an email to all of the students who are
 registered with them.  The Student Disability Services office at
 UCF sends out emails to their students about test reminders and
 other events that are being held at their office.

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