[NABS-L] Blind Friendly University

[Harry Staley]

Georgia Institute of Technology has been awesome. They actually do research on how to make things more accessible. Also their DSS office is super proactive.


Harry Staley

Treasurer
Texas Association of Blind Students

President
National Federation of the Blind
San Antonio

330-718-1876
Hstaley at nfbtx.org

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> On Sep 27, 2020, at 5:31 PM, Bhavya shah via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Dear Aimee,
> 
> I am so sorry to hear about your experience with your community
> college. I am only in my first quarter as a freshman taking a class in
> mathematics and computer science each, and Stanford's Office of
> Accessible Education and in-house accessible format production team
> have been reasonably solid. I have heard bad things about Georgia
> Tech. My interaction with Harvard is very limited, but the impression
> I got was that they were willing and had the resources but did not
> have previous experience in supporting blind STEM students. In
> general, my approach towards university selection in the college
> application process was to apply to all the schools I liked, and then
> based on the ones I got admission offers from, I would factor in the
> track record of their disability services while deciding which to turn
> down and which one institution to commit to. Good luck!
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> On 9/28/20, Emily Schlenker via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org <mailto:nabs-l at nfbnet.org>> wrote:
>> Wichita State University is currently accommodating one such student. I work
>> in the academic accessibility and accommodations group, and we seem to be
>> doing a pretty good job. The reason they’re doing so well with this content
>> is because I was the one who filed a federal complaint against the
>> University and since then things have been getting better. I am only telling
>> you that I filed a complaint so that you know I am not seeing this from the
>> outside and making assumptions about how well the school is doing. I get to
>> work with all of the accessible materials that are provided for the student
>> including braille, tactile graphics, and accessible software when necessary.
>> I am not saying WSU is perfect, but I know that if you go here you will have
>> a fighting chance, which you will not have at many other universities
>> especially if you have to build their accessibility for something they have
>> never accommodated before, which does happen quite a lot of the time with
>> blind students in stem.
>> Good luck!
>> Emily
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Sep 27, 2020, at 1:24 PM, Aimee Harwood via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi everyone,
>>> 
>>> I will be transferring from a community college at some point. I am
>>> finding that accessibility especially in math and my computer science
>>> classes are vital. I really want to find a school where I don't have to
>>> fight so much for equal access. With that said, do you guys have any
>>> recommendations for a university who has their act together in regards to
>>> blind computer science students?
>>> 
>>> Warm regards,
>>> Aimee
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
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> -- 
> Best Regards
> Bhavya Shah
> Stanford University | Class of 2024
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