[nabs-l] A Guide for helping students with visual disabilities

[Darian Smith]

Hi all:
  I think this resource gave some good tips on doing your due diligence   on a person’s rights and responsibilities as a student at the school you are looking at potentially attending.  It also gave some good tips in regards to communicating with professors early and often.  I also liked  that this resource suggests getting involved on your campus with different clubs and groups as this is a great thing to do blind or not.
 I do appreciate the frequent mention of the National Federation of the Blind and  as a former board member this division i love the mention of The National  Association of  Blind Students as a resource  because we here are a great   resource for any student starting  college and matriculating through the system.
 I can tell that they did some research without doing a great amount of exhaustive research and so some of the resources were lacking.  I would have loved to see more  first-hand knowledge  being shared from students regarding different ways they’ve succeeded in college including visual and non-visual means and how one can work with/without voc rehab/disabled students offices. 
 At the same time, if we  don’t like the resource we can either not use it or create one that we like. On the whole I personally think it was a good resource, but not great.
  Darian    .  
> On Sep 16, 2015, at 1:46 PM, Suzanne Germano via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Ok so further issues with the tools
> They completely left off screen magnification, large print
> The put magnifier under low vision but no legally blind
> They have Braille translation software for legally blind but not totally
> blind
> 
> The site really needs to be completely revamped
> 
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Julie McGinnity via nabs-l <
> nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
>> Hi fellow Nabsters,
>> 
>> If you are wishing for reading material to kick off your
>> procrastination time, check this out.  It's a guide that is currently
>> being advertised to universities around the country.  It's a bit of a
>> long read, but this is what colleges and universities may put on their
>> sites.  What would you think if this guide was going on your
>> university's website?  For those interested, there is a list of
>> scholarships towards the bottom.  Also, has anyone in NABS or the
>> division itself ever developed a guide like this or any list of tips
>> for incoming college students.  Anyway, I'll stop rambling and post
>> the link below:
>> 
>> http://www.accreditedschoolsonline.org/resources/helping-students-with-visual-impairments/
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Julie McGinnity
>> National Federation of the Blind of Missouri second vice president,
>> National Federation of the Blind performing arts division vice
>> president,
>> Missouri Association of Guide dog Users President
>> graduate, Guiding Eyes for the Blind 2008, 2014
>> "For we walk by faith, not by sight"
>> 2 Cor. 7
>> 
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