[Nfb-science] FW: accommodations with physics courses in college

[Jamie P.]

Hi Daniel,
I'm afraid I don't yet have an answer to your question. I just wanted to
reach out to you and the list at large because I am in a similar situation.
I'm an Engineering major, and while I'm still cracking down on Math and
Chemistry, I will be starting my Physics sequence in the Spring of 2014.
I'd love to hear any of the advice you receive from the knowledgable people
you've contacted, and how well it has worked for you. I'd also love to
share what ever advice and experience I can as it relates to accessibility
in the STEM fields. I've fought some significant accessibility battles of
my own in the past, especially when seeking accommodations in Math courses,
and it is my goal, moving forward, to prevent access issues from escalating
to that level at my college in future. So while I don't have an answer to
your question as of yet, I'd like ot keep in touch and share what I can as
we both move forward in our fields. Feel free to contact me off list and we
can discuss your upcoming Physics courses and maybe share what we know has
worked in the past.
All the best,

Jamie Principato
Blackbyrdfly at gmail.com


On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 10:00 AM, Daniel <danielgillen at rcn.com> wrote:

> This is the original message which I have sent to the Blindmath listserv,
> after which I found that there was a science listserv as well.
>
> Daniel
>
> ---- Original Message ------
> Subject: accommodations with physics courses in college
>
> Dear listserv members,
>
> I am Daniel Gillen, a soon-to-declare physics major at Haverford College
> in Pennsylvania.  I have finished my first year, having taken the first two
> semesters of physics.  There were a multitude of accessibility nightmares
> from heavy use of diagrams to the online Mastering Physics platform whose
> graphical user interface did not me independently type in answers to
> problems with JAWS.  Anyway, I know this listserv is for math-related
> materials.  But since physics is about 90% math (nearly 100% as
> accessibility is concerned), I would like to have some idea of how best to
> obtain accommodations for higher-level physics courses.  Is there a
> listserv at NFB that deals with the sciences? I know I was able to get
> accommodations for last year's courses, but the system was one that
> depended largely on the availability of assistants whose themselves were
> students with schedules.  What I'm only trying to do now is make sure that
> all my accommodations for my Waves and Optics course are ready to use in
> the fall, so why not reach out to those at Blindmath while also contacting
> my other resources?
>
> Thank you,
> Daniel
>
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