[nabs-l] College Expenses that Blind Students Encounter.

[Christina Moore]

My=20school=20provides=20readers/scribes=20for=20as=20much=20time=20as=20I=
=20need.
I=20have=20had=20expenses=20related=20to=20the=20costs=20of=20having=20a=20=
service=20dog.

God=20Bless,
Christina

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20Munawar=20Bijani=20via=20nabs-l=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Fri,=2015=20Apr=202016=2002:40:02=20-0400
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20College=20Expenses=20that=20Blind=20Students=20=

Encounter.

Sure.=20=20When=20I=20was=20in=20university=20I=20was=20sad=20to=20discover=
=20that=20VR=20
will=20only
pay=20for=20a=20reader=20the=20equivalent=20credit=20hours=20of=20the=20cou=
rse=20a=20
week.
Naturally,=20for=20math=20and=20science=20courses=20I=20needed=20more=20tha=
n=20three=20
hours
a=20week=20of=20a=20reader.=20=20The=20rest=20of=20the=20cost=20came=20out=
=20of=20my=20pocket.

I=20paid=20for=20four=20or=20five=20readers=20over=20the=20course=20of=20my=
=20university
studies.=20=20Had=20I=20not=20been=20receiving=20SSDI=20at=20the=20time,=20=
this=20would=20
not
have=20been=20possible,=20because=20the=20Pel=20Grant=20was=20insufficient=
=20to=20
cover
the=20expenses.

On=204/14/16,=20Glenn=20III=20via=20nabs-l=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>=20wrote:
=20Hi=20all,

=20I=E2=80=99m=20presenting=20at=20our=20IL=20Spring=20seminar=20on=20colle=
ge=20financing,=20
and=20the=20one
=20puzzle=20piece=20I=E2=80=99m=20missing=20is=20expected=20college=20expen=
ses=20specific=20
to=20blind
=20students.=20=20I=20looked=20online,=20and=20searched=20NABS=20archives=20=
back=20to=20
12=20months,
=20but=20I=20can=E2=80=99t=20find=20what=20I=E2=80=99m=20looking=20for.

=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20While=20I=20know=20some=20folks=20anticipate=20Voc.=
=20=20Rehab=20covering=20
basically=20all
=20costs,=20I=20think=20it=E2=80=99s=20prudent=20for=20a=20blind=20student=
=20to=20budget=20what=20
their
=20potential=20expenses=20are=20ahead=20of=20time,=20especially=20if=20you=
=20end=20up=20
not=20having
=20things=20covered.=20=20I=20could=20give=20examples=20of=20my=20own=20col=
lege=20time=20
(not=20to
=20mention=20friends=20who=20ended=20up=20paying=20out=20of=20pocket=20for=
=20things=20
that=20other
=20students=20didn=E2=80=99t=20have=20to=20worry=20about),=20but=20I=20thin=
k=20my=20
experience=20is=20not
=20going=20to=20cover=20important=20things=20many=20blind=20students=20enco=
unter,=20
so=E2=80=A6



=20Could=20people=20here=20offer=20some=20examples=20of=20blindness-specifi=
c=20
expenses=20they
=20encountered=20in=20college=20that=20should=20be=20budgeted=20for?


=20Thanks,=20so=20much.
=20-Glenn=20Moore=20III
=20State=20Secretary,
=20National=20Federation=20of=20the=20Blind=20of=20Illinois
=20(find=20our=20calendar=20at=20nfbofillinois.org/?page_id=3D158)
=20nfb.org=20<http://www.nfb.org>=20=20=20"Live=20the=20Life=20You=20Want"
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