[nabs-l] Where Can I Turn For Some Help?

[Elizabeth Mohnke]

Hello All,

Thank you to everyone who responded to my email. However, once again, I really regret posting my questions on this email list. I feel more isolated and misunderstood after sending my questions about how I could figure out a way to remain a part of my science class despite the fact that my professor is not a really good professor and the disabilities office has some sort of problem providing the accommodations they said they were going to provide for this class.

Unfortunately, I simply do not have the time,  energy, or ability  to change the culture of the college in terms of the accommodations they provide to blind students. The college simply does not understand as the college keeps implementing and purchasing new technology across campus that is simply not accessible to blind students. So I am sorry that I am simply not strong enough to take on an institution that keeps demonstrating that it is against blind students. 

All I really want to do is figure out a way to pass my class so that it does not ruin my transcript and my scholarship. If the college is not willing to provide me with the accommodations that I need, then I need to look somewhere else to receive them. And right now I feel as though I cannot wage war against my college while frantically searching for outside resources to help provide the accommodations the disabilities office is having a problem providing to me.

But right now I really need my rest as it has been really long tough week for me, and I imagine next week is not going to be any easier. Once I find my own readers outside the disabilities office, they most likely will not be too happy with me, and I will most likely have to fight with them in order to use my own readers. But if they are not willing to discuss the problems they are encountering in providing me with the accommodations they said they would provide, then I feel as though finding my own reader is my only real choice for being able to remain in this class.

But I need to spend the weekend getting some good rest so I can face a busy week next week that will most likely be just as challenging as this week. Therefore, I will most likely not be responding to any more messages regarding this issue this weekend. Composing messages takes up a lot of time and energy, and I really need my rest.

Take care,
Elizabeth