[nabs-l] College Expenses that Blind Students Encounter.
Christina Moore
christina.moore16 at houghton.edu
Fri Apr 15 11:21:41 UTC 2016
My school provides readers/scribes for as much time as I need.
I have had expenses related to the costs of having a service dog.
God Bless,
Christina
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From: Munawar Bijani via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
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Date sent: Fri, 15 Apr 2016 02:40:02 -0400
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] College Expenses that Blind Students
Encounter.
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,
Iâm presenting at our IL Spring seminar on college financing,
and the one
puzzle piece Iâm missing is expected college expenses specific
to blind
students. I looked online, and searched NABS archives back to
12 months,
but I canât find what Iâm looking for.
While I know some folks anticipate Voc. Rehab covering
basically all
costs, I think itâs 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 didnât have to worry about), but I think my
experience is not
going to cover important things many blind students encounter,
soâ¦
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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