[Ohio-talk] Interesting Read

[Marianne Denning]

Colleen, I agree with you that public schools do not teach students to
advocate for themselves.  I would add that parents do not do this
either. I don't believe it is the responsibility of the colleges and
universities to provide this training.  Any student, disabled or not,
needs to be able to talk to people about their needs in college.  I
think medical documentation or an IEP can help a school understand
student needs better.  I do agree that if there is an obvious
disability it should speak for itself.  I often know my needs better
than all of the professionals who have ever worked with me.

It was a good article and interesting to understand the position of
the universities.  We need to remove the stigma related to any
disability and teach students to discuss their own personal disability
and how it impacts their education.

On 4/7/14, COLLEEN ROTH <n8tnv at att.net> wrote:
>  Hello JW.
> I found the Article about Disability Service Offices very interesting. I
> think in some ways things are worse now for students than they were before.
> Students are not expected to advocate for themselves in High School and are
> therefore not prepared to do so after High School.
> Some colleges want Medical Documentation in cases where it is obvious the
> person has a Disability.
> For instance, when I signed up to take the Computer Class for Beginners at
> Owens they needed a document verifying my blindness. It really should have
> been obvious from the interview when I took in a Slate and stylus and a
> Victor Stream.
> Maybe some students do not know what they can expect from a college and what
> their responsibilities are.
> Sometimes starting out at a small college is a good thing.
> This really was an interesting Article and I for one appreciated your
> pasting it into the email.
> Colleen Roth
>
>
>
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Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired
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