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

[Munawar Bijani]

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

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

On 4/14/16, Glenn III via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I’m presenting at our IL Spring seminar on college financing, and the one
> puzzle piece I’m missing is expected college expenses specific to blind
> students. I looked online, and searched NABS archives back to 12 months,
> but I can’t find what I’m looking for.
>
>        While I know some folks anticipate Voc. Rehab covering basically all
> costs, I think it’s prudent for a blind student to budget what their
> potential expenses are ahead of time, especially if you end up not having
> things covered. I could give examples of my own college time (not to
> mention friends who ended up paying out of pocket for things that other
> students didn’t have to worry about), but I think my experience is not
> going to cover important things many blind students encounter, so…
>
>
>
> Could people here offer some examples of blindness-specific expenses they
> encountered in college that should be budgeted for?
>
>
> Thanks, so much.
> -Glenn Moore III
> State Secretary,
> National Federation of the Blind of Illinois
> (find our calendar at nfbofillinois.org/?page_id=158)
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