[NABS-L] Convention and request

[Asia Quinones-Evans]

During convention I was very happy to see some of our scholarships winners
to be in the Sports Science field. This makes me so happy to know this
because I have not seen very many other blind students in this field. Some
days I feel like I am making stuff up with my college since they have not
experienced a blind person in the Exercise field before. Actually going  of
that topic I would like some advice on a subject. I have had to complete a
pre-assessment and will need to complete a post-assessment for a class
called Nutrition and Weight Management. We are using a website called
Cronometer. This is very much not accessible and when I completed the
pre-assessment I had to use over an hour of my Aira minutes to have them
take screen shots of the information the professor wanted for the
assignment. This professor is looking for the Macro and Micros of the
tracking you have done to use it for analyzing later in other assignments.
My accessibility deparment and e-learning have been notified about it not
being accessible. For the post-assessment they have suggested the only way
they know how to help by having a sighted person next to me and telling me
what is on the screen and where to put items in the text box. I have had an
aid for in person classes that need visual feedback when professors have
not been able to do so. This has worked out great but for this situation
the aid has actually left my college and this is an online class.

After this long explanation I was wondering if anyone had any advice on how
to go forward with completeing this assignment. I would be wasting my  time
and money to meet this person at my college since its an online class and i
am doing most of the work at home. I am a little stuck with trying to let
my accessibility department know that I can do assignments on my own and do
not need a sighted person to be at my side at all times when things get
difficult with a class. I loved having my aid to help with my in person
classes but it looks like now that it was an option my accessibility
department is only wanting to use that option.
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Yours truely,

Asia Quinones-Evans

Phone: 440-670-6509
Email: aevans.nfb at gmail.com


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