[Nfbc-info] mqmqRe: Fw: [Transition-Council] valuabletransitionresources

Sun Jan 18 07:22:51 UTC 2009

I got your message.

MW

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Willows" <jwillows at users.ap.net>
To: "NFB of California List" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 8:23 PM
Subject: [Nfbc-info] mqmqRe: Fw: [Transition-Council] 
valuabletransitionresources

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Fred schroeder wrote such a paper when the DSS offices
were first introduced in the 70's.

On Sat, 20 Sep 2008, nlibre at gmail.com wrote:
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> Mary,
>
> One way we could begin addressing the issue of disabled student offices is
> by educating blind students about their rights.  The community colleges 
> near
> Ventura county that I am familiar with do not require a student to 
> register
> through the disabled student office in order to receive materials.  It 
> helps
> the office organize the requests for materials, but it does not restrict a
> student from requesting accessible materials.  Even so, since most of the
> blind students in our area learn about transition to postsecondary 
> education
> from VI teachers and rehabilitation counselors, they are directed to the
> disabled student offices without information about their options.
>
> Perhaps CABS could create a position paper about the pros and cons of 
> using
> the services offered by the disabled students office to help organize the
> information on this topic?  We could use it as a basis for literature to
> distribute to high schools, rehab offices, and colleges, and post it on 
> the
> website to help students, parents, and professionals understand the 
> process
> and potential ramifications of their choices on their independence as 
> blind
> people.
>
> Nicolás
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbc-info-bounces+nlibre=gmail.com at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:nfbc-info-bounces+nlibre=gmail.com at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mary
> Willows
> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 8:27 PM
> To: NFB of California List
> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] Fw: [Transition-Council] valuable
> transitionresources
>
> Here, here, Bryan.  Not only   do I agree with everything you say, but, I
> also think the disabled students offices in general are discriminatory.  I
> wish someone had the time and energy to file a class action against the
> chancellors office and the board of regents and anyone else who thinks 
> that
> it is okay to make blind students register at a separate office, receive
> separate advising and study with separate guidelines.
>
> Shrew!  There I am done.
>
> Mary Willows
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bryan Bashin" <bashin at calweb.com>
> To: "NFB of California List" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 5:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] Fw: [Transition-Council] valuable transition
> resources
>
>
>> BJ,
>>
>> There is a lot in the attachments you just forwarded.  I've read the
>> last one on junior college accessibility and frankly it troubles me
>> greatly.  Essentially this proposal would set up a blind ghetto
>> withinthe college, letting blind students know which designated
>> classes were provided with accessible materials.  So if a blind
>> student wanted to take a class with a favorite professor, or perhaps
>> at a convenient time with other sighted students, they would be on
>> their own.  And community colleges could claim that they had provided
>> access because they had a few sessions which actually had the
>> required materials.
>>
>> You know, this country is a half-century past separate classrooms,
>> separate lunch counters and drinking fountains.  I simply cannot
>> support a plan which tells blind students which classes are made
>> accessible and where they should go.  I think the Federation should
>> tell the drafters of this proposal where to go.
>>
>> Bryan
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> At 02:52 PM 9/19/2008, you wrote:
>>> need information
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Rueda, Richard A.
>>> To: transition-council at googlegroups.com
>>> Cc: 'Jonn Paris-Salb' (E-mail) ; Stuart Wittenstein (E-mail) ;
>>> Bailes, Catharine ; Carmichael, Jan ; Cook, Casey T. ;
>>> Coombs-Stephens, Cathleen ; Grote, John H. ; Hershberg, Teri L. ;
>>> Rueda, Richard A. ; Shrawder, Karen ; Tanase, Georgeta ; Villachica,
>>> Deyanire A
>>> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 12:29 PM
>>> Subject: [Transition-Council] valuable transition resources
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello Transition Council list and BFS Transition taskforce
>>> members.  Attached are some very valuable documents that Jonn
>>> Paris-Salb promised us at Wednesday's Transition Council
>>> meeting.  Please review and share where appropriate.  This is some
>>> exciting stuff from our colleagues at the California Dept. of Education.
>>>
>>>
>>> Richard Rueda
>>> Youth Employment Transition Coordinator/
>>> Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (SVRC)
>>> Dept. of Rehabilitation: Blind Field Services
>>> 510.622.3083 (Oakland office)
>>> 1515 Clay St. #117 Oakland Ca 94612
>>>
>>> Out stationed contact:
>>> California School for the Blind (CSB)
>>> 510.794.3800x330
>>> 500 Walnut Ave, Fremont Ca 94536
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