[nfbcs] Research

[Michael]

Hello Andy,
Thank you for your response. Before answering your questions, I will preface my response that this project is entirely predicated on ensuring other blind students, who may be considering computer science, do not do what I did; namely, believing that blind people cannot do computer science. Now, your questions:
(1) No University, community college, or vocational school is funding this; this is an assignment that I have received on behalf of the Louisiana Center for the Blind (LCB) for my technology class.
(2) I graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno, this past December with an Honors B.A. in Philosophy with an emphasis in logic, metaphysics, and epistemology.
(3) This guide will serve to educate prospective computer science students who are blind. When I was in high school, I was extremely interested in doing computer science. I was told that blind people could not do computer science; mistakenly, I believed this to be true and thus proceeded into the liberal arts. If I can provide clarity to other students thinking about computer science, or elucidate blind students when it comes to the copasity of blind people, I would be very happy. As it stands, the only place I know for sure this research will end up is the national Association of Blind Students website, as I sit on the board and can make that happen. Otherwise, I have no idea.
(4) This is true. I did not make this anonimis. If people are willing to answer, I would be very happy, and will of course cite you, or not cite you, depending on your permission. If people are not willing to, I totally understand that as well.
I hope I was able to address your concerns.
For anyone else who wishes to help me out, you can email your responses to my email (mausbun at nevada.unr.edu) or, if you feel confortible, just responding to this thread. 
Thank you again for all your attention and time!
Respectfully,
Michael Ausbun
Vice President, National Federation of the Blind of Nevada.
Secretary, National Association of blind Students
Student, The Louisiana Center for the Blind


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I am interested in answering these questions. However, you never displayed your credentials or qualifications in the subject. What school is funding this study? Where did you graduate and with what degree? What do you intend on doing with the guide when it is finished? The results of this survey are not anonymous. Therefore, people might be hesitant.


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Hello All:
	My name is Michael Ausbun, and I am currently a student at the Louisiana Center for the Blind. I am conducting research, to develop a comprehensive guide for prospective computer science students. I would much appreciate it if you would take some time and answer the following questions.
	Thank you for your attention in this matter.
Respectfully,
Michael Ausbun

Research questions:
Advocacy:
(1)	What accommodations do you believe were most beneficial to you in completing your degree?
(2)	What accommodation(s) were necessary when completing visual components of one’s degree requirements?
(3)	In what ways have you advocated for the modification of materials to ensure equal access for yourself or future computer science students?
(4)	What is the most important question(s) a computer science student should ask their instructors before and during a selected course of study?
(5)	Are there any Universities, companies, or organizations who have been greater benefactors?
Academics:
(1)	How much math and science is necessary for a person to be successful within the computer science field.
(2)	In general, are materials accessible with access technology?
(3)	What are some effective, and somewhat universal, techniques for manipulating and writing computer languages?
(4)	In what ways did your assignments get modified, to establish equal access to all requirements?
(5)	What are some effective ways for designing accessible algorithms and data structures?
(6)	When developing a portfolio, did you find an accessible way of publicly displaying your code, or for hosting your portfolio?
(7)	After publishing your code, what methods do you use to ensure the visible code is visually appealing or readable?
(8)	Are there any courses you might recommend to take in high school to prepare someone going into the computer science field?
(9)	Besides the source work required to obtain your degree, what additional course work might you recommend to enhance one’s employment effectiveness?
Access technology:
(1)	What access technology gave you the greatest degree of opportunity to compete on an equal playing field with your peers?
(2)	What challenges did access technology present when interacting with the technology required to complete tasks and assignments for your computer science degree or profession?
(3)	What role does access technology play in the completion of your daily assignments or tasks?
(4)	How might modifications to standard technology create more opportunity for usability with access technology?
General technology:
(1)	In what ways is the general technology inaccessible when paired with access technology? Are there any work arounds for these issues?
(2)	What sort of accommodations are necessary for the use of most general technology used in this field of study or profession?
(3)	Can standard tasks be completed on a unit without extensive modification or accommodations?
Does most technology come ready to use? Are there ways to increase one’s productivity when using Python JavaScript C++ swift and racket, and integrated development environments (IDEs)—such as CodeLite, Eclipse, NetBeans, VisualWX, Xcode, and KDevelop?  





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