[nabs-l] College Disability Services

[Joshua Hendrickson]

I can only go with my experience while in college.  I used my
disability services to scan textbooks for me that I bought and gave
them.  In those days I was given my textbooks on mp3 cds.  I found my
DS office very helpful.  They bnew about screenreaders like jaws.
There was an assistive technology room in the college library with a
computer with jaws that I could use to help me with school
assignments.  Good luck.  I'd also make sure you also spoke to your
professors and let them know of any acomidations that you might need.
I'm very surprised thatity office would go to the teachers before
consulting the student that needed the help from them.  Have a great
day.

On 5/29/17, Mikayla Gephart via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 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
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Joshua Hendrickson

Joshua Hendrickson