[nabs-l] College degrees/programs and textbooks for visuallyimpaired in eletronic braille

[Suzanne Germano]

Hi

First you need to think about what you would like to do for a career. What
did you enjoy in high school? math? science? english? Do you want to be in
a business field? a science field? etc Spend some time thinking about that.
You don't want to end up with a degree that does not provide you with a
career path.

You might want to meet with a career counselor to discuss your likes an
dislikes and what field you would want for a career

I loved math and critical thinking so I majored in computer science.

Many universities will help you with book. My university would scan them in
if they were not already available electronically, they also provided large
print and Braille.

Do you have a voc rehabilitation counselor? They will pay for school and
provide accomodations. I was able to get a laptop, zommtext for windows,
zoomtext for mac, pearl camera, openbook and a printer that help larger
paper for printing in large print

Good luck
Suzanne

On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 7:17 PM, Vanna Song via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Hi Jessica,
>
> Nice to hear you want to pursue higher education. Books, you can get
> from Learning Ally and BookShare. You can also get books from BARD. If
> you use a smart phone or tablet, you can pair your device with a
> Braille display and read books from BARD, Book Share, and iBooks. Your
> college or university should also be able to provide you with
> accessible versions of books. We can't recommend any degrees or career
> choices for you. You will have to find that out for yourself. However,
> perhaps we could guide you in a certain direction if you tell us a bit
> about yourself. What is your status? Are you high school educated, or
> do you have a GED? Answers to questions like this and other can help
> us help you decide where to start.
>
> On 1/6/17, Karl Martin Adam via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> > Hi Jessica,
> >
> > As others have said, Bookshare is a great resource.  Your
> > school's Disabled Student Services should also be able to get you
> > publisher files or scan your books for you (some schools really
> > do not have scanning capability, but publishers are required to
> > provide a PDF of the book on request).  You may also be able to
> > use an e-book reading app like IBooks or Kindal on your phone and
> > pair your phone with a refreshable braille display or notetaker.
> > None of us will really be able to tell you anything about what
> > degree to get without knowing what your interests are.  Most
> > people change their major several times though, so don't feel
> > like you have to have your whole life planned out ahead of you to
> > start college.  One good thing to do is to start with a
> > generalized major like liberal arts and take courses from
> > different subjects to see what interests you.  If you're not
> > really sure what you want to do, it might also make sense for you
> > to get an Associate's degree from a community college (if there's
> > a good one near you) before transfering to a four year
> > school--this is much cheeper and arguably gets you a better
> > education since you'll be taking smaller classes with actual
> > professors instead of sitting in a huge lecture hall or having a
> > class with a grad student as you would for intro level classes at
> > most large universities.
> >
> > HTH,
> > Karl
> >
> >  ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Jessica Dail via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> > To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> > Date sent: Fri, 06 Jan 2017 15:53:04 -0500
> > Subject: [nabs-l] College degrees/programs and textbooks for
> > visuallyimpaired in eletronic braille
> >
> > Hi,
> > I'm thinking about going to college.
> > I'd like to know how I can obtain textbooks in electronic
> > braille, as well as what degrees/programs you recommend.
> > I've never been in college before.
> > Thanks,
> > Jessica
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