[NABS-L] Invitation to attend online MBA webinar and apply

[Jenn Han]

Honestly, it may just be a generic email they send out to anyone who
expresses interest in the program, not a personal invitation to you and you
only. Regardless, this is just one professor expressing their (misplaced)
opinion; you should reach out to the college disabilities office, ask them
questions about their ability to accommodate you, experiences with blind
students, and get a general sense of their willingness to work with you. If
it seems overwhelmingly negative, then you have just dodged a bullet, and
it’s time to consider another school. It’s better you find out now than
after months of pouring into an application and committing to that school.
You certainly want a team willing to listen, work with you, and learn with
you if they don’t have a clue yet.

I would also recommend reaching out to other blind MBA students to
brainstorm ideas of what accommodations they have found successful for
them. Everyone’s vision is different; what may work for them may not
necessarily work for you, but it’s always good to get ideas.

Jenn Han, BSN, RN, PHN
She/her/hers
California State University Northridge | Class of 2024 | Bachelors of
Science in Nursing
University of California, Los Angeles |
Class of 2021 | B.S. Molecular, Cell, Developmental Biology


On Thu, Mar 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM Kelsey Nicolay via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Hello,
> I am interested to hear what you guys think about this. A few months ago,
> I talked to the Chair of the Human Resources department at a local college
> and she basically told me that she didn't think the MBA would be a good fit
> for me because there's too many visual charts, both having to review and
> draw and that the university does not have the resources to accommodate
> this and suggested that I look at a college that is betterable to hedle
> blind students. Today, they sent me an email inviting me to their online
> MBAINFORMATION session. It came from the chair of the business department
> and this professor was not copied on it, but I'm a bit appalled by their
> behavior of discriminating against me and now all of a sudden they want me
> to apply. Part of me wants ne write to the business department chair
> expressing my dissatisfaction with the way I was treated by o of their
> professors, but since I would have this professor in class, it might not
> get me anywhere. I reached out to a couple other colleges, including where
> I got my undergrad degree, and they all said they would never deny a blind
> udent the chance to participate in their program and with proper
> accommodations, I would learn the same material as everyone else, although
> aybe  bit differently. What are your thoughts not this?
> Sent from Kelsey Nicolay’s iPhone
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