[nabs-l] A few unrelated questions

[Joseph Hudson]

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-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kaiti Shelton
via nabs-l
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2015 10:46 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: [nabs-l] A few unrelated questions

Hi all,

I have a few unrelated questions here, but if anyone could answer any
combination of them I would be really grateful.

1.  International travel.  I'll be flying internationally for the first time
in June for a study abroad trip.  I am by no means a frequent flyer having
only flown once before to a National Convention, and I am a little unsure of
the differences between international travel and domestic travel.  It was
very easy going from one airport to the other when I went to Orlando, but I
don't know what the procedure is for filling out customs forms.  Would I
want to call ahead to the airline to make sure the personelle are aware that
someone will ned to help me fill out the customs paperwork?  I am also a
little nervous about reaching my contact person once in the airport in my
destination.  Thankfully English is the main language and the patois is
pretty easy for me to understand, but I also understand that due to
religious norms the disabled are seen as people "to be taken care of."  Not
that this is extremely different from treatment we receive in American
airports (I was surprised when I wasn't greeted with a wheelchair after
getting off the plane in 2013), but I guess I'm just a little nervous going
into a third world country where refusing unnecessary help might be more
offensive than what I'm used to in the states.  Has anyone flown
independently to another country, especially Jamaica or another island in
the Caribbean?  If so, would you be willing to share your experiences?

Second, I am interested in bluetoothing my IPhone and BrailleSense On-Hand
together.  I now have an IPhone 6 so my IOS is up-to-date.  I royally
screwed up when I tried to do it with an IPhone 4, so if anyone has
resources for how to do this, that would be awesome.

3.  Has anyone here taken human anatomy?  I'm looking to take it next
semester, and my DS office is starting to prep for it now.  I'm thinking
that I will want to take the lab along with the lecture even though it isn't
required for my major, mainly because I think having the lab will give me a
chance to touch some of the things we talk about in the normally very visual
course.  Some of my sighted friends struggled in Anatomy and think they also
would have benefitted from taking the lab with the lecture, so I do think it
will be even more important for me.  I know many science majors have had
issues with getting profs to allow them to participate in disections and
other hands-on activities with sharp objects, and being a music major I have
no experience navigating these kinds of issues.  Any advice would be very
useful to me, as I think I'll actually start meeting with the professor in
February to make sure that she is on-board and has some input with her
expertise into how we can accommodate me in these courses.

--
Kaiti

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