[nabs-l] Taking classes with accommodations as a non-matriculating college student

[Kaiti Shelton]

Thanks-I was wondering about that, but tried to follow what disability
services was telling me to do.  I will remind them of obligations to
accommodate me as a non-matriculating student, once I am able to get
the form from them to register as such in an accessible format.

On 3/24/17, Sarah via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi, Kaiti.
>
> You should admit as a non-matriculating student, not at a transfer student,
> as you will not be transferring any courses to this university as a psych
> major. It is still the university's responsibility to accommodate you. You
> are still taking their courses and paying them money, regardless of whether
> you continue to do so. The ADA requires programs of study to be accessible.
> It says nothing about matriculating vs. non-matriculating students.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NABS-L [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kaiti Shelton
> via NABS-L
> Sent: Friday, March 24, 2017 1:14 AM
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> Cc: Kaiti Shelton <crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [nabs-l] Taking classes with accommodations as a non-matriculating
> college student
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm in an interesting situation now, and am hoping to find others who might
> have some more information or knowledge than I am finding.  I'm graduating
> from my university this May, but I will be a class shy of completing my
> psychology minor.  However, since I will not be receiving my diploma right
> away, I can walk in the graduation ceremony, take a summer class for a
> cheaper price at another university, and transfer the credit back to my
> school and still receive the minor on my diploma.  I've been  trying to get
> set up at the other university near my home for a while now.  My plan is to
> take a course online through one of the branch campuses, though I will take
> a class in-person if I have to.
>
> The university does not seem to know what to do with me, and I have been
> getting conflicting answers to questions depending on who I ask.
> I first spoke to Disability Services, and they did not want to discuss
> specifics about accommodations until I was accepted to the university, so I
> asked admissions what I should do and they said to go ahead and apply.
> However, I talked to another admissions counselor on the phone earlier this
> week to fix a snag in my application process, and they told me I should have
> not registered as a traditional student, but should have completed a basic
> data form for non-matriculating students instead.  Of course, this basic
> data form was not accessible, and now I'm currently trying to work with the
> admissions office and disability services to get them either to accept the
> word version of the PDF file I created so I could independently fill in my
> answers on the computer, or to provide me with an accessible format in which
> to complete the form again.  I have been upfront with my plans to just take
> this one class for now and transfer the credit back to my university with
> disability services and admissions this entire time whenever I have spoken
> to someone about my circumstances, so I'm now confused about the best course
> of action to take.  I should hear from the college if I'm accepted via my
> application some time tomorrow, but it seems the issue is that disability
> services isn't used to accommodating non-matriculating students for a class
> or two over the summer.  I also don't want to mix records by having one
> person in admissions register me as a non-matriculating student, and someone
> else in admissions registering me as a psychology major transfer student as
> I was told to put myself down for on the application.  I could see that
> situation being very confusing for all involved.
>
> I should note that in addition to this university being cheaper than my
> college I'm attending now, my university isn't even offering the courses
> that would fit my last remaining requirement this summer.
> This process has been going on for several weeks, and I'm starting to become
> concerned about getting materials on time because the buck is being
> continually passed around.  I'm also not used to the communication style
> this university seems to have, as I keep being reminded that they're a very
> decentralized campus when I have expressed my frustration over getting the
> run around or going in circles to get the accommodations I need, which in
> itself is frustrating as that isn't an excuse for not working with a student
> to accommodate for one class, or an entire degree program... sighted
> students take one summer class to do exactly what I'm trying to do all the
> time.  At the school I chose to attend the campus is smaller, but
> record-keeping across departments and offices also seems to be more
> consistent and disability services is very responsive to student needs and
> requests, so I'm trying to remember that every campus is different as well.
>
> Has anyone else navigated setting up accommodations for taking summer
> courses?  If so, what did you do to make it work?  Input is apreciated.
>
> --
> Kaiti Shelton
>
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Kaiti Shelton