[nabs-l] Accommodation Rights and Not Using Disability Services

[Emma Mitchell]

On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 8:34 AM Vejas Vasiliauskas via NABS-L <
nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> My main concern with completely breaking away from disability services is
> that it seems like many professors rely on their word. For example one of
> my professors said to the whole class before final exams "You have an hour
> to take this exam, unless you have extra time given to you by the DSS
> office."
>
> Regarding test-taking in the classroom, my school allows students the
> choice of whether to take tests with everyone else or within the DSS
> office. So my suggesttion in that regard would be to scan your school's DSS
> web site. There could be a possibility that your DSS is similar. If someone
> from the DSS office gives you a hard time about wanting to take exams with
> everyone else, you would then be able to just show them a link to their own
> web site.
>
> I hope this helps and that you can get some more replies soon,
>
> Vejas
>
>
>
> > On Dec 18, 2016, at 10:03, Ellana Crew via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
>
> >
>
> > Hi there,
>
> >
>
> > I am a community college student about to start another semester of
> classes, but more recently, I have been thinking of breaking away from
> using the disability services office at school because of all of the
> troubles I have had in the past with DSS offices and mixups and failures on
> their end. However, before I decide to go through with this, I'd like to
> have some more information on what exactly I'm entitled to still as far as
> accommodations and the law if I choose not to go through disability
> services and give my professors the official letter requiring their
> compliance.
>
> >
>
> > Is there anybody who may be able to give me a little information on if
> professors are still required to accommodate me reasonably if I do not go
> through disability services and give them an official letter from them,
> especially in regards to test taking? I am concerned that perhaps they may
> not be obligated to provide me any sort of accommodation at all without an
> official letter from disability services requiring them to, or that perhaps
> there is a limit on how much they are allowed to grant me, and especially
> if that limit is when it comes to tests.
>
> >
>
> > I am particularly interested in being able to take my tests in the
> classroom with the rest of the class instead of going through the hassle of
> coordinating a scheduled time in the testing center and dealing with more
> failures to properly prepare my test or not prepare my test in time for the
> scheduled appointment in the testing center, and being forced to
> automatically be at a disadvantage by having to take my test in a different
> setting while the rest of the class is able to take their test in the same
> environment in which they learn the information which has been proven many
> times to improve the persons ability to retrieve the information they
> learned in that environment, and I have known some people who have talk to
> the professors and been able to take their tests in their classrooms in
> this way, but I want to be sure that I would not be in violation of
> anything in that I know my rights when it comes to this if my professor
> does not know themselves if it is OK or is hesitant to work with me on this
> particular factor.
>
> >
>
> > If there is anybody here who may be able to give me some useful
> information or connect me with somebody who may have that information, I
> would be incredibly grateful.
>
> >
>
> > Thank you!
>
> >
>
> > Ellana Crew, Vice President
>
> > Maryland Association of Blind Students
>
> >
>
> > The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
> characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the
> expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles
> between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want;
> blindness is not what holds you back.
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> I would not do this the letter makes sure they accommodate you.
Emma