[nabs-l] SO MANY ACCOMMODATION ISSUES! Advice needed!

Thu Nov 12 04:15:42 UTC 2015

Evening, Adam,

         Is your eyesight at a level of stability? Perhaps you ought 
to have learned braille while younger? Personally, in case you are 
interested, the beautiful dots to formulate much of what I  know are 
all I have ever known although nowadays, I have been blessed with a 
condition called tactile appraxia, which has interfeered with braille 
perceiving. So I am no longer a braille reader although I can 
still  visualize the complex caracters and when pressed, can write it.
Anyway, I hope you have a Stream, to record loectures and notes and 
to read textbooks.
Let me know if you wanna talk, okay?
Car  07:03 AM 10/31/2015, Justin Harford via nabs-l wrote:
>Yes, but public prosecutors and police enforce laws against murder. 
>The state does not take remotely the same interest in the ADA.
>
>
>
> > On Oct 31, 2015, at 7:35 AM, Karl Martin Adam via nabs-l 
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > DO you even know what the ADA does?  For one thing, it makes what 
> this school is doing illegal.  Schools are required by law to 
> provide all written materials in accessable formats, either 
> accessable lab equipment or lab assistents, etc.  Sure they 
> sometimes break the law like this school is doing, but people break 
> the law against murder too, and that doesn't make laws against murder "a joke."
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: wmodnl wmodnl via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> > To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> > Date sent: Sat, 31 Oct 2015 08:19:45 -0400
> > Subject: Re: [nabs-l] SO MANY ACCOMMODATION ISSUES! Advice needed!
> >
> > The ADA is a joke of a piece of legislation as it relates to 
> providing access for the blind other than the sometimes 
> availability of braille signs you may find in a building. What a 
> waist of overnment services.
> >
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > On Oct 30, 2015, at 12:00 AM, chelsea peahl via nabs-l 
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > I am in dier need of advice!This is my first semester returning 
> to school after taking a year-long leave of absence to receive 
> blindness training in Utah. I may have entered this semester too 
> confidently, but I felt like I could better advocate for myself, 
> but this semester may get the better of me.
> > I'm not just dealing with accessibility or accommodation issues 
> in one or two classes, but all of them plus with my universities 
> accessibility center. (ASD) Here is just a glimpse of whats happening
> > Math: Everything is done on the board. He uses no technology in 
> his class, and is not open to trying anything. I cannot see 
> anything happening, and so have had to teach myself math this 
> semester off of YouTube videos. He does not have office hours, and 
> does not respond to emails. My midterm was not emailed to the ATC 
> to be made accessible until the day of the midterm, and that is 
> what has happened with several tests as well. I have a notetaker, 
> but having to rely on her notes isn't enough for a math class. We 
> have since tried using a transcriber, but because I have to make 
> the font so large to read it, most problems do not fit on the 
> screen. I am unable to see a problem start to finish because the 
> program kicks me to wherever the person is typing and I am unable 
> to look back. We have since discontinued this service because it 
> wasn't working for me. We are looking for a new option to fill 
> this. (ATC is looking at trying a video magnifier, but we won't 
> have access to one for weeks to try, then we will have to purchase 
> one which will take a few additional weeks, and by the time it 
> arrives, the semester will be over.
> > HIstory: I have a notetaker who is decent in there, but access to 
> slides is a joke. I did not receive slides until the day before the 
> midterm for the semester. How do you study for a midterm when you 
> get the information the day before. I have yet to receive any 
> slides since our midterm 2 weeks ago. I talk to him daily almost 
> begging for the slides, but it has yet to happen.
> > Music: I have an intro to music class online. I learned that my 
> accommodation letter was never sent (thats how my university does 
> it for online classes) and therefore I have no accommodations for 
> my tests within that class. I am working my hardest to get them, 
> but its after midterms, so I may never receive accommodations for the course.
> > English: My english class is a joke. It has been since the 
> beginning. At first, my professor tried sending me into the 
> hallways for our daily quizzes (I haven't figured out why) 
> Everything is done on the board through powerpoint and other 
> sources daily, and the only thing I am ever given access to is the 
> quiz (Printed). She has emailed me asking if I was going to drop 
> her class, has refused to give me quizzes with the class, calls out 
> my blindness almost daily, and doesn't give me access to any extra 
> credit that the rest of my class gets. Because I am unable to see 
> the board, and she is unwilling to help me, I am left to figure 
> everything out on my own. (which sucks. If Im paying to take a 
> class, maybe she should teach me that subject) Just today, she sent 
> me another email saying the stuff shown overhead isn't that 
> important...and if I thought it was unfair, I should go talk to 
> her. (I talk to her DAILY to no avail!) I have since been advised 
> by ASD to not return to her class until further notice. (which is 
> stressful because we have daily quizzes that can't be made up.) I 
> also have a notetaker, but I'm lucky to receive a few sentences of 
> notes once a week.
> > ASD: My councilors was of accommodating me with the struggles in 
> my classes was to offer to buy professors larger markers and to 
> tell me to walk to the board if I can't see it. (I'm legally blind 
> at 20/400 and 20/600 vision, and declining.) I have brought up 
> these issues since first week, and he never tried to approach the 
> situation in the slightest. After weeks of fighting, I finally got 
> someone to listen to me. (our amazing Lab Tech, Jenna! She has gone 
> above and beyond her job to help me, and I couldn't thank her 
> enough.) When she heard there was this big of a problem, she has 
> been working to try and help me solve this. I have since gone 
> through a councilor change to try and get something done, and yet, 
> nothing is happening. (other than a few emails sent.)
> > Its past midterms. My grades are suffering because of this all, 
> and its not my fault! I'm frustrated! My grades aren't due to 
> laziness or not doing the work, they are from test scores because 
> how can you study when you are never given the information?!
> > It has been advised to file a formal grievance against the 
> university, but I still hold on to hope that things will get 
> better, but I have fought all semester. I have talked to professors 
> almost daily. I've stated these issues since the beginning. I have 
> fought with the ASD more than once a week. I have had to get a new 
> councilor, and have sat through multiple meetings a week with the 
> ASD and ATC. I have had to threaten a formal grievance, (and may 
> have to file one.) I overall feel like I'm becoming the ASD 
> "Problem client" and thats the last thing I want. I just want 
> access to my classes! I know I should pick my battles, but if I 
> back down now, I'm backing down for the next three years or longer, 
> and I'm not willing to do that! This is my education, and I deserve 
> access just like everyone else! This is definitely taking a tole on me!
> > I need your advice on where to go from here. I have more meetings 
> tomorrow and throughout next week, and I need to get them to hear 
> my voice, and what may have been helpful to you!
> > Thank you! Chelsea Peahl
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