[nabs-l] Chemistry for the Blind

[Mikayla Gephart]

arielle, we just started doing some chemistry in my Physical Science class. I do the same thing, but sometimes stick the thermometer in the liquid as it is a talking thermometer.

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> On Mar 19, 2015, at 6:49 PM, Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Rebecca, and welcome to the list. I am totally blind, and I took
> chemistry in high school and college. It was very simple and safe. My
> lab partner mixed the chemicals and described what was happening, and
> I took notes and wrote lab reports. Chemistry class is mostly about
> doing the math to balance equations and testing hypotheses. Only a
> tiny portion of the class is actually about mixing the chemicals. I've
> known several totally blind people who did chemistry, including people
> who have Ph.D.'s in chemistry. You absolutely can do it using the
> methods you mentioned. Now there are technologies you can use to
> perform some measurements independently, which didn't exist when I was
> in high school 15 years ago.
> Please check out
> www.independencescience.com
> and
> www.ncbys.org
> to learn more about how blind people participate in chemistry. Print
> out pages from these websites and show them to your teacher and TVI.
> Do your parents support your desire to take chemistry? If they do, see
> if your mom or dad would be willing to contact the principal of your
> school and request a meeting to explain how you can, and should, take
> chemistry with everyone else. By not allowing you to take chemistry,
> your teachers are limiting what you can study in college and what
> careers you can perform. As you say, we need to raise expectations.
> Best, Arielle
> 
>> On 3/19/15, Mikayla Gephart via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>>> On Mar 19, 2015, at 5:53 PM, Rebecca Weber via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>> wrote:
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>>>> On Mar 19, 2015, at 5:42 PM, Rebecca Weber <weberrebecca232 at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hello NABS.
>>>> This is my first email on this list. Let me say that it’s awesome to find
>>>> a list that is designed for blind students. We are raising expetations
>>>> everyday.
>>>> My name is Becca Weber and I attend Archbishop John Carroll High School
>>>> in Pennsylvania. I have had a lot of frustrations here, particularly with
>>>> my team. I feel that they focus too much on vision. So, that’s why I’m
>>>> reaching out to you. I am wanting to take chemistry next year, but this
>>>> has been shut down because of safety reasons. I would like to point out
>>>> that I have, I believe, 20-500 vision. I think, so this may be different.
>>>> I have cooked by myself with no help at all sometimes. I am wondering how
>>>> a blind student could take chemistry?
>>>> I have some iddeas
>>>> -bottles of chemicals could be labeled in braille
>>>> -measuring chemicals with a caring
>>>> -Having a partner to describe the chemicals to me, but I can see color
>>>> -using a device called a math quest I think.
>>>> Anything else please email me.
>>>> Thank you so much for your help.
>>>> Have a nice day.
>>>> Becca
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