[NFB-Science] High school student who is blind taking an engineering course concerns of teacher

[Gene Kim]

>
> Hey Shai,
>
> I'm a completely blind student who took a statics course in college. I
> used the sensational blackboard to draw free body diagrms that I could feel
> and my professors could see visually as this tactile drawing board works
> with regular pen and paper. I'd encourage the student to become very
> comfortable going from a diagram of a situation to a free body diagram of
> those situations. Truss structures can be complicated, but if each junction
> is handled one at a time and broken down into a series of free body
> diagrams, they become much easier to work with, especially if the student
> develops a good grasp on force vectors. The majority of statics problems
> I've encountered can ultimately be broken down into free body diagrams,
> which is translated to force vectors, which is used to solve a system of
> equations.
>
> To get a better sense of the different types of forces/moments acting on a
> system, I used physical props like wooden sticks, cardboard cut outs, etc.
> This helped me get a physical intuition for how different connections (e.g.
> pin v. roller connection) would behave to help me more easily visualize
> statics systems.
>
> The student could also describe the different forces/moments being acted
> on in the system if the teacher is willing to work with this.
>
> Cheers,
> Gene
>
> On Wed, Apr 24, 2024 at 3:15 PM Robert Jaquiss via NFB-Science <
> nfb-science at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hello Shai:
>
>      I suggest you try using SwellTouch paper from American Thermoform.
> Sheets are available in sizes from 8.5-11 to 11-17.
>
> APH sells the Draftsman drawing board with accessories. A student can use
> the Draftsman to either make or update drawings.
>
> If you need something more three dimensional, I suggest you check out
> Meccano. Meccano is a variant of the old Erector set. Metal parts can be
> bolted together to form structures.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Regards,
> Robert Jaquiss
>
>
>
>
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