[nobe-l] Biology, Chemistry-The Sciences for the Blind

[Dr. Denise M Robinson]

Kelly
If you were to go with the models that are sold from the science site given
below, someone can build what is seen and you can feel the large model of
it to answer questions. Show the professor to see if he would find this
acceptable.
Denise

On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 3:13 PM, Kelly Thornbury <kthornbury at bresnan.net>wrote:

> On "the sciences..."
>
> I'm enrolled in a colleage Anatomy and Physiology course, and I am having
> an issue with what might be considered a "standard" or acceptable
> accomodation for microscope labs. I'm hoping someone can either offer other
> suitable accomodations or provide any references to what might be
> considered "acceptable."
>
> The accommodations offered to the science department are to use a "reader"
> or scribe to describe microscope slides, then I can answer exam questions,
> but the department considers this to be an unfair advantage that
> fundamentally changes the content of the course material. The department
> has suggested plastic models (remember those plastic skin layer models???),
> but almost four weeks into the semester and they haven't even found the
> models they deem acceptable.
>
> Because of nerve damage in the hands, tactile representations are also not
> a option. This is my fourth A&P college course, and this is the first time
> the instructor (who is also the department head) has had a problem with the
> scribe technique.
>
> All suggestions or references for further information welcome.
>
> Kelly
>
> On Jan 26, 2012, at 11:18 AM, Dr. Denise M Robinson wrote:
>
> > Starting in the education field of the blind over 20 years ago, I
> depended
> > on wikki sticks, beans, marshmallows, and any other type of object to put
> > together to represent a cell or chemical bond for a blind student to
> touch
> > and try and understand what was going on in the microscope that the
> sighted
> > student stared into and went "Ah ha".
> >
> > How do we give our blind students that "AH HA" moment? We can now.
> >
> > A Japanese plastics company has created all types of plastic shapes, so
> all
> > the student has to do is put them together to make the model that is
> > requested by the teacher, to understand what is going on. Or if they are
> > really young, a para educator or teacher can do the same for them, hand
> it
> > to the child and explain all the parts as the child feels the model. Just
> > so many more options now.
> >
> > *HGS HINOMOTO PLASTICS CO., LTD.<
> http://www.hgs-model.com/manual/index.html>
> > * has all types of models and shapes to aide in the creation and design
> of
> > simple to very extensive models for blind children to see. Actually,
> > sighted children find these models very helpful also. What helps one
> child,
> > always seems to help the other too.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Denise
> >
> > Denise M. Robinson, TVI, Ph.D.
> > CEO, TechVision, LLC
> > Virtual Instructor for blind/low vision
> > 509-674-1853
> >
> > Website with hundreds of informational articles & lessons all done with
> > keystrokes: www.yourtechvision.com
> >
> > "The person who says it cannot be done, shouldn't interrupt the one who
> is
> > doing it." --Chinese Proverb
> >
> > Computers are incredibly fast, accurate, and stupid: humans are
> incredibly
> > slow, inaccurate and brilliant; together they are powerful beyond
> > imagination.
> > --Albert Einstein
> >
> > It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
> > --Walt Disney
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-- 
 Denise

Denise M. Robinson, TVI, Ph.D.
CEO, TechVision, LLC
Virtual Instructor for blind/low vision
509-674-1853

Website with hundreds of informational articles & lessons all done with
keystrokes: www.yourtechvision.com

"The person who says it cannot be done, shouldn't interrupt the one who is
doing it." --Chinese Proverb

Computers are incredibly fast, accurate, and stupid: humans are incredibly
slow, inaccurate and brilliant; together they are powerful beyond
imagination.
--Albert Einstein

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
--Walt Disney