[nabs-l] College Disability Services

[Mikayla Gephart]

Hi all,
    I am a Junior in High School, and am researching different college Disability Services offices. I have been reading a lot on their sites, and I understand that they determine whether an Accommodation is reasonable. I am very curious about this. I would think that DSS employees probably do not have a lot of training in blindness? As long as you present good documentation of your blindness and explain logically why you need an accommodation, have you found that they listen to you? I just noticed that two out of the three websites I have been looking at say that faculty should discuss concerns with DSS before involving the student. This is just a curiosity thing, not a question that is urgent. I just wanted to here people’s thoughts.
Best,
Mikayla