[NABS-L] Nonacademic support in college

[Roger Newell]

As blindness does not impose limitations on learning to shop, cook and
stay organized, I cannot see any issues with this.

I understand you are from a developing country where blind people can
expect to receive support in these non-academic skills, but in
developed countries, blind people would be taught how these skills in
the course of their education through their teacher of the visually
impaired, and I would argue that blind people who have not learned
these skills should learn them before going to university as
non-academic skills are just as important as academic skills in
employment. You may have all the credentials in the world, but not
being able to care for yourself will limit you as employers may see
you as a liability.

On 11/7/18, Rahul Bajaj via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I recently started studying at the University of Oxford in the UK for
> my postgraduate education. One feature of the support provided to
> disabled students here has surprised me: while they are willing to
> provide any kind of academic support, they provide no nonacademic
> help, with things like going to the market for shopping, cooking and
> staying well-organized.
>
> I am wondering, just out of academic interest, if this is how things
> are in the US. For those blind people who possess the wherewithal to
> do things completely independently, more power to them, but for those
> who can't I find it hard to fathom how this is not a problem. Surely
> ou cannot accept students, who may have lived with their parents until
> now, to become fully independent over night? Also, I'm wondering if
> the autonomy and freedom to choose of the disabled person, as opposed
> to a certain conception of independence, should be prioritized here.
>
> This article beautifully describes some of these issues, in the words
> of a blind girl who went to Yale:
> https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2015/01/23/invisible-disability-at-yale/
>
>
>
> Best,
> Rahul
>
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