[nabs-l] More Questions About the Disabilities Office and Readers

[Carly Mihalakis]

I agree, professors ought to have lisense to talk with the DSS folks 
without you if that what needs doing.
CarAt 05:46 PM 10/24/2016, Vejas Vasiliauskas via NABS-L wrote:
>I'm probably going to go completely against the grain here but I 
>don't see a problem with your professor having a meeting with your 
>disability services. At my school I have signed a document with 
>permission for DSS to communicate with the professors if necessary. 
>Yes, you ideally should be doing the communicating but I would see 
>this as all parties wanting to work together to help you.
>Vejas
>
> > On Oct 24, 2016, at 17:06, Elizabeth Mohnke via NABS-L 
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I have some more questions as it relates to using readers during 
> class from the disabilities office. I chose to use a reader for my 
> science class as I thought it was the best option for me based on 
> the way my professor teaches this class. Since my professor likes 
> to do random activities in hard copy print, I thought the best way 
> to be accommodated for this class was to have a reader for the full 
> duration of each class period. I felt as though this was the best 
> way for me to be able to participate in class along with my sighted classmates.
> >
> > However, last week my reader informed me that the person in 
> charge of the disabilities office was going to be meeting with my 
> professor to talk about some things related to the class. I thought 
> this was rather odd as the person in charge of the disabilities 
> office did not contact me about meeting with my professor. I feel 
> as though having the person in charge of the disabilities office 
> contacting my professor without contacting me first is 
> inappropriate. However, the person in charge of the disabilities 
> office does not agree with me.
> >
> > I was informed that the readers and the person in charge of the 
> disabilities office connect with each other throughout the semester 
> to talk about the in-class reader assistance to see if any changes 
> need to be made. As a part of this process, the person in charge of 
> the disabilities office will often contact the professor to ask 
> them questions related to the structure and format of the class. I 
> do not agree with the person in charge being able to contact my 
> professor without talking to me about it first regardless of the 
> reason. The accommodations are between me and the disabilities 
> office and not my professor and the disabilities office.
> >
> > So I am simply curious, what are the typical guidelines and 
> procedures in regards to the person in charge of contacting 
> professors without talking to a student about it first? Are there 
> any reasons or circumstances where it would be okay for the person 
> in charge of the disabilities office to contact my professor 
> without talking to me about it first? I do not believe there would 
> be any reason for the person in charge of the disabilities office 
> to contact my professor without talking to me about it first. 
> Therefore, I thought I would ask about it on this email list to 
> receive different perspectives in regards to this issue. Any 
> information anyone could provide in regards to this matter would be 
> greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Elizabeth
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