[rehab] question about a blind studet taking college math

[Edward Bell]

Hi Grace,

I have one suggestion, although it may  seem a tad bit unconventional, and 
that is to teach her to use a live reader.

I am a braille reader myself, but never learned Nymith code very well, and 
text books were difficult to come by in any course. Not to mention that in 
statistics I had to deal with complicated formuli and multiple rows and 
columns of data--which is rather tricky in braille. So, I learned to use a 
live reader, and when I was working on my doctorate I hired a reader who was 
getting a degree in Statistics, so that we would both understand the Greek 
symbols, and could communicate concepts effectively. I got all of my work 
done, did several high-level statistics courses, and even learned a thing or 
two about the  math concepts quicker, cheaper, and more efficiently than I 
could have with only braille.

Now, of course I took notes in braille, and used braille constantly, but for 
access to the printed material and for writing out my homework and test 
assignments, I found the reader to be quite effective.
Hope this helps,

Edward C. Bell, Ph.D., CRC, NOMC

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Grace Pires" <silvara at cox.net>
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Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 6:44 AM
Subject: [rehab] question about a blind studet taking college math


> Hi Everyone:
>
> I am hoping that some of you can make some suggestions. I am working with 
> a
> totally blind college student who will be taking a math course.  She is a
> Braille reader and has difficulty learning and doing math.  What type of
> accommodation should she have?  Text book in Braille? Is this feasible? 
> Any
> suggestions about where to obtain the book from? Are there any computer 
> math
> programs that work with Jaws?
> Thanks.
> Grace
>
>
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