[NABS-L] Trouble obtaining accessible textbooks.

[Karl Martin Adam]

Hi=20Justin,=20the=20policy=20you=20mention=20is=20federal=20law.=20=20The=
=20law=20allows=20
you=20to=20get=20a=20digital=20copy=20of=20your=20books=20from=20the=20publ=
isher,=20but=20
it=20requires=20you=20to=20pay=20for=20them=20like=20everyone=20else.=20=20=
That's=20
equality=20not=20discrimination=20(the=20financial=20aid=20policies,=20on=20=
the=20
other=20hand,=20are=20awful,=20and=20I'm=20sorry=20you=20have=20to=20deal=20=
with=20that).=20=20
You=20might,=20however,=20be=20able=20to=20work=20with=20your=20disabled=20=
student=20
services=20and=20arrange=20for=20them=20to=20order=20your=20books=20now=20b=
ut=20not=20
give=20you=20the=20files=20until=20you=20show=20them=20a=20receipt.=20=20In=
=20my=20
experience=20two=20weeks=20is=20pushing=20it=20for=20turnaround.=20=20The=20=
person=20at=20
your=20disabled=20student=20services=20who=20actually=20orders=20the=20book=
s=20will=20
probably=20have=20the=20best=20assessment=20of=20the=20turnaround=20time=20=
for=20
those=20specific=20publishers.=20=20Also,=20FYI=20Bookshare's=20speed=20for=
=20
ordering=20and=20preparing=20books=20is=20usually=202-4=20months,=20though=
=20
they've=20slowed=20down=20significantly=20with=20the=20pandemic.

HTH,
Karl

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20Justin=20Ekis=20via=20NABS-L=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
To:=20nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Wed,=2022=20Jul=202020=2017:31:01=20-0500
Subject:=20[NABS-L]=20Trouble=20obtaining=20accessible=20textbooks.

Hey=20there=20Nabsters,

This=20fall,=20I=20will=20be=20heading=20back=20to=20community=20college=20=
for=20my=20
second=20attempt=20at=20an=20associate=E2=80=99s=20degree=20in=20Computer=20=
Information=20
Technology.=20My=20duel=20majors=20are=20concentrations=20in=20Cyber=20defe=
nce=20
and=20networking.

I=20am=20having=20a=20great=20deal=20of=20trouble=20obtaining=20accessible=
=20
textbooks.=20Neither=20Bookshare=20or=20learning=20ally=20have=20the=20corr=
ect=20
editions=20of=20the=20required=20material.=20For=20one=20title,=20no=20edit=
ion=20is=20
available=20from=20these=20services.=20I=20requested=20them=20to=20be=20add=
ed=20in=20
may,=20but=20they=20have=20not=20yet=20come=20through.

When=20I=20contacted=20the=20Center=20for=20access=20at=20my=20college,=20t=
he=20
coordinator=20for=20disability=20services=20informed=20me=20that=20they=20c=
ould=20
request=20accessible=20versions=20directly=20from=20the=20publishers.=20
However,=20I=20would=20have=20to=20provide=20receipts=20showing=20that=20I=
=20had=20
purchased=20the=20books=20first.=20On=20my=20SSDI,=20there=E2=80=99s=20no=20=
way=20I=20can=20
afford=20those=20books=20until=20I=20get=20my=20Financial=20aid=20funds.=20=
According=20
to=20the=20financial=20aid=20office,=20they=20won=E2=80=99t=20distribute=20=
the=20
bookstore=20voucher=20until=202=20weeks=20before=20classes=20start,=20and=20=
the=20
rest=20of=20the=20money=20after=20the=20=20first=202=20weeks=20of=20class.

If=20I=20can=E2=80=99t=20request=20the=20books=20until=202=20weeks=20before=
=20class,=20what=20
are=20the=20odds=20that=20I=20will=20receive=20all=204=20of=20them=20before=
=20the=20first=20
day?=20two=20of=20my=20books=20are=20published=20by=20Pearson=20Education,=
=20i=20
can=E2=80=99t=20tell=20whether=20another=20one=20=20is=20from=20=20Pearson=
=20IT=20
Certification=20or=20Cisco=20press,=20and=20the=20last=20one=20is=20from=20=
cengage=20
learning.=20Does=20anyone=20know=20whether=20this=20rule=20comes=20from=20t=
he=20
publishers,=20or=20might=20it=20be=20simply=20the=20policy=20of=20our=20cen=
ter=20for=20
access?

Is=20there=20anything=20I=20can=20do=20to=20get=20my=20materials=20more=20q=
uickly?=20This=20
policy=20seems=20to=20discriminate=20against=20low=20income=20disabled=20
students.=20Now=20that=20NFB=20is=20working=20more=20closely=20with=20Pears=
on,=20
might=20they=20be=20able=20to=20get=20involved=20somehow?

Thanks=20in=20advance=20for=20any=20help.



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