[nabs-l] inaccessibility in the class may end up costing me a passing grade!

[Abby Bolling]

I use Jaws, and word 2013. for some reason, I can not use arrows in a 
word document that has comment fields inserted.
Like I said, I have spoken with my prof at least 4 to 5 times about the 
issue, and written emails 4 times re-stating the issue.

On 11/23/2015 1:49 PM, Steve Jacobson via nabs-l wrote:
> Abby,
>
> If there was a misunderstanding of what was to happen, I hope you can get it
> resolved in such a way as to avoid not passing.  I know that some schools do
> have a mechanism for allowing work to be turned in late to salvage a grade,
> but of course that can vary between schools.
>
> To say that comments in Word are not accessible might be a difficult
> position to defend, though.  Which screen reader do you use and what seemed
> to be not accessible?  You didn't say exactly what didn't work propperly.
> If your professor said he would send you his comments in parentheses, it
> would seem that he has some willingness to change to make things go better
> for you.  When did he agree to do that, and did you follow up to find out
> why that didn't happen?  It might be possible to avoid a confrontation, but
> if not, you will need to have explanations ready for the above.  Your best
> bet might be to ask for additional time because you were not aware of how to
> handle comments in Word and see if things can be salvaged that way.  If for
> some reason you can't deal with the comments he has inserted, I would think
> it would be reasonable to work with someone in your Disabled Students office
> to make the comments available to you.  There seems to be some gray areas
> here, but I hope you can get it worked out.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Steve Jacobson
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Abby Bolling
> via nabs-l
> Sent: Monday, November 23, 2015 11:44 AM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Abby Bolling <violingirl30794 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [nabs-l] inaccessibility in the class may end up costing me a
> passing grade!
>
> Hi all,
> So, I have been having so many problems with my English class in that
> even with all of your advice, I can not get the comments feature in MS
> word to work properly.
> So I have talked with and emailed my professor extensively all semester
> and we have agreed that he would put his comments in parenthesis.
> The problem is, he hasn't!
> I received an email this morning that consisted of him telling me that
> since I had not turned in any acceptable final drafts, I could not pass
> the class. he went on to say that I did nothing with the comments he
> provided which would have made my papers a lot better.
> I have since emailed his supervisor to explain what has been going on,
> because I refuse to accept a failing grade because a professor would not
> listen to accommadations that he had agreed upon in writing, and spoken
> word many times.
> Should I push further and harder with the supervisor if I don't hear
> from him in the next few days? I did get an email back from him saying
> that he and I could not meet today, but he would look into the situation
> and talk with my teacher early tomorrow morning.
> What would you all do in this situation?
> Also, a few of my teachers assignments are completed on a website called
> pilot.
> The conversation boards on pilot are almost completely inaccessible.
> I can read other students postings, burt I can not reply to them at all.
> I have tried to inform my teacher of this problem as well. His response
> was that he was sorry that technology wasn't working, but that I should
> work with Disability Services more! My problem is I have already
> informed ODS (several times) about this acce3ssibility problem, as well
> as the inaccessible of outlook webmail (which wright state uses for
> their email provider,) and nothing has been done.
> So where do I go next?
>
> Thanks,
> Abigail Bolling
>
>
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