[Ohio-talk] blindness and minor inconvenience

[Colleen Roth via Ohio-talk]

Hi Marianne,
You may be right about a sighted teacher doing that but then again they might have assumed the same thing.
I would imagine that when a new book or edition is printed it has a new ISBN Number.
Colleen Roth



----- Original Message -----
From: Marianne Denning via Ohio-talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
Date: Friday, May 23, 2014 12:49:33 PM
Subject: [Ohio-talk] blindness and minor inconvenience

>
>
> NFB says blindness is a minor inconvenience.  Today, it was one of
> those for sure and I am very embarrassed.  I hate it when I look
> stupid and blind at the same time and I pulled it off today.  I had
> the ISBN for a textbook and sent it on to be ordered.  I learned that
> I had provided the same ISBN in March but did not know that because
> the school district was going to order new math books so I assumed the
> original number was for the old book.  Then, I didn't check the
> numbers and responded that the previous number was for the old math
> book.  I was wrong but didn't bother to look up the old number.  I
> find the form a little challenging to navigate so didn't even look.  I
> think a sighted person would have checked the 2 numbers to see if they
> were the same.
> 
> I know that was complicated but I wanted to share one of those minor
> inconveniences.
> 
> -- 
> Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
> Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired
> (513) 607-6053
> 
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