[nabs-l] I need successfull DSO examples

[justin williams]

The University of South Carolina is good; that is the one I attended.  They did a pretty good job at working with me to make things accessible.  
Justin

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From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Elif Emir Öksüz via nabs-l
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Subject: Re: [nabs-l] I need successfull DSO examples

Thank you all.
I was hoping to hear more, but probably most of us are unhappy with the services.



2016-02-08 15:17 GMT-05:00, zeynep sule yilmaz via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>:
> University of Wisconsin Madison,
> Document conversion, braille printing, and scholarship for adaptive 
> technology, someone being specialized for each different disability.
> They provide O&M lessons for people who cannot get it through voc 
> rehab. They allow you to loan adaptive technology products. There is a 
> room at the one of the libraries with the braille printer and 
> computer. There is one computer at the each library. What I can say I 
> had great services there. My new university (University of Arizona) is 
> very good as well, but I guess I just got lucky. I did a practicum at 
> the Edgewood College. It is a private small college in Wisconsin. My 
> impression about the disability services around the country is that 
> they are lack of professional staff and there is no guideline across 
> the country regarding what they can or cannot provide. I don’t even 
> know if they have a database to share the converted documents. As far 
> as I know, they cannot do it due to publisher protecting related law.
> I think higher education does not target people with disabilities to 
> attend college rather they focus on other minorities. This can be a 
> great marketing strategy for students with disabilities. Because 
> college choice theory disregards this aspect which how students with 
> disabilities choose college. A lot of us have lots of barriers even 
> before. Sorry I got into other issues that you may or may not 
> interested with.
> Thank you
>
>
> 2016-02-08 21:01 GMT+02:00, chelsea peahl via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>:
>> After having a rough start at Utah Valley University, the head of our 
>> ASD dept worked with me to get my classes fixed, we worked to get 
>> assistive technology for campus, and they genuinely care so at this 
>> point even though accessibility will probably always be a struggle, 
>> Utah valley university has some pretty great people.
>>
>> Chelsea Peahl
>>
>>> On Feb 8, 2016, at 9:46 AM, Elif Emir Öksüz via nabs-l 
>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello all,
>>> Most of us are sometimes unhappy with the services provided by 
>>> disability offices, and I am one of you.
>>> I complain a lot about the services I got from my university, and 
>>> they wanted me to provide some good examples to them.
>>> Can you give me some university names which are successful at 
>>> accommodating students Please?
>>> If you can list what they are successful at, it will be terrific.
>>> Elif
>>>
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