[rehab] question about a blind studet taking college math

[RJ Sandefur]

Mr. Bell's suggestion is a good one. Mr. Bell, may I add you to skype? I'd 
like to discussing with you. My skype name is:
smallistbaby1979
Robert James Sandefur
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Edward Bell" <ebell at latech.edu>
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Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 8:54 AM
Subject: Re: [rehab] question about a blind studet taking college math


> 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>
> To: "'Rehabilitation Counselor Mailing List'" <rehab at nfbnet.org>
> 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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