[NABS-L] Food for Thought: Time Management Materials for Blind Students

[Simon Bonenfant]

Well this is a little unrelated, there was a book that I read a little bit of this year when I was at Penn state called College bound. It was especially for blind and visually impaired students, and it covered a lot of aspects of college life for a blindness perspective. There might be something on time management there. Even if nothing is in there about time management, there is a lot of other good tip so I would recommend people read that book in general.

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> On May 11, 2019, at 11:53 PM, Tina Hansen via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I think if both of you can swap ideas, that's a good start. However, I'm
> thinking beyond one student. What about other college students who are
> either entering college just out of high school, or what if they may have
> begun college before going blind?
> 
> Reading and absorbing content from a textbook will be somewhat different for
> blind students, especially if you're relying on nonvisual access to content,
> but that's for another post.
> 
> So, from my chair here, I see gaps that are not covered by most mainstream
> time management books.
> 
> How can a blind/visually impaired college student cope with the course load?
> How can the student work effectively, knowing that as a blind/visually
> impaired student, you may need to absorb textbook information nonvisually?
> 
> If you're a blind student dealing with math and science, how can you work
> with instructors and other resources to get the work done effectively? How
> can you learn to use the technology you need? And how can you do this and
> not avoid burnout?
> 
> Is it necessary to step back, redirect your course, or find ways ro reduce
> the need for a heavy load of math courses, even if you can't drop them
> completely?
> 
> Today, I've been researching this topic, and so far, the best podcast I've
> found is the College Info Geek podcast.
> 
> This is also a full web site at
> 
> www.collegeinfogeek.com
> 
> I do think it's valuable, so please make note of it.
> 
> However, as I think about it, there are some concernes unique to blind
> college students, and time management is just one of them. Let's keep
> thinking about this, and hopefully, we can put something together to help
> address this issue. Thanks.
> 
> 
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