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

Sat Oct 31 12:29:43 UTC 2015

We are to peaceful as a population if you know what I mean. If this school/professor(S) did anything like this singling out people publicly on race or gender stuff, all media outlets would be there, they would probably be shut down and everyone would be out-raged. I will not suggest anything b/c, I do not want it coming back since this is a public list. You may want to think outside the box if you know what I mean, :)
Have a good one, fight on, start creating posts on social media of this, using hash-tags. Also check-in to your schools/universities FB page(S) as you discuss, they will not like it, bad PR.

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> On Oct 30, 2015, at 3:50 AM, Suzanne Germano via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Your university and disabled student office seems horrible!
> 
> I have been at ASU for 3 years and never had a professor not give me slides
> before they were used.
> 
> The way your school is I would consider filing a lawsuit. They are allowing
> professors to get away with discrimination.
> 
> I am usually not one to back down but I think I would sue them and also go
> to a better school
> 
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 8:58 PM, 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 we
>> 
>> eks 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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