[nabs-l] Is This a Typical Request for Disability Services?

[Logan Anderson]

Hi, 
I to begin college in less than a month. I have not requested this particular service from my disability services office, but they have told me several times it is very typical to have someone help you learn the campus. Though they have said that it is typically only a few days that this person will help you. I am in the process of requesting my accommodations from them, and will probably have no & M on my list of things that I am going to ask for help with, but I myself don't need a long-term partner. I honestly don't think my disability services office even offers a long-term option like this. I don't have much insight on the situation, but I am sure they will willingly work with whatever you need to help you succeed in college. If you are working through the vocational rehabilitation system in your area, if there is one, then they also might have assistance that they can offer you with this question. 

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> On Jul 22, 2016, at 8:54 PM, Vejas Vasiliauskas via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> I start college next month, and have been trying to get everything ready, which includes meetings with Disability Services and the normal due-dates.  (I never would have thought that there would be so many due-dates between college acceptance and the start of school-lesson learned there!"
> Although I have been getting to know my disability services, I have only just today received an accmmodations letter.
> One accommodation that I requested from them is to have someone walk with me to each of my classes for the first month or so, while I am still learning the layout of the campus.  Travel is one of these aspects for me that I just need to have constant repetition for, and although I will be working with someone authorized by the Department of Rehab, this process is still happening and I feel that knowing myself and my travel skills, I need this.  DSS seems unsure if this is possible, but is willing to discuss the matter further.  I don't know if their hesitation has anything to do with the fact that I have 5 classes at 5 completely different times, although I think it would be more of a matter of me communicating with these students via text to arrange times.
> I have a meeting with them in two weeks, but was just wondering if you have had any similar issues with them and how you have dealt with them.
> Thanks,
> Vejas
> 
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