[Social-sciences-list] introduction

[Maha Khochen]

Hi everyone,

 

My name is Maha. I am currently reading for my MPhil/PhD at the Institute of Education, University of London- UK. My research is looking at the inclusion of visually impaired learners in mainstream education in Lebanon, my home country. It is so interesting to see this mailing list up and running. 

I have been looking for some advise on accessible qualitative software package for a while. And was wondering if there is anyone on the list who can advise? I have tried the NVivo but unfortunately it appeared that it is not accessible with Jaws, the screen reader that I use to access information. Any advise with this regard is very much appreciated. Note that I have no residual vision.

Another thing, I am taking training on the SPSS software very soon, it would be very much appreciated if I can have some advise based on your experience whether it is accessible and that blind researchers can use it with no problem. Alternatively, any advise for an accessible quantitative software package would be very much appreciated too.

 

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Maha

 



From: Morman, Ed 
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 4:01 PM
To: social-sciences-list at nfbnet.org 
Subject: [Social-sciences-list] introduction


Dear Listmembers-

 

I'm pleased to see that my colleague Anna Kresmer has already joined the list.  Like Anna, I am a sighted staff member at the NFB Jernigan Institute in Baltimore.  I have a PhD in History of Science and worked for many years in the field of history of medicine as a librarian, occasional teacher, and not terribly productive researcher.  I know a wee bit about social science research methods and have an avocational (extremely avocational) interest in cognitive science.  Curiosity about how people construct their internal model of the world without sight was part of the reason I was interested in working for an organization related to blindness-especially a blind-led organization of blind people.  I've been here for four years now and I'm enthusiastic about NFB philosophy and its notion of what constitutes proper training.  With Anna Kresmer and our colleague Lou Ann Blake, I've developed something of an understanding of the history of the blind in the U.S. and more specifically the history of the NFB.

 

I'll mainly be lurking, but might occasionally have something to say.  With any luck it will be intelligent and even possibly helpful to other listmembers.

 

Cordially,

Ed Morman

Edward T. Morman, MSLS, PhD

Director, Jacobus tenBroek Library

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND JERNIGAN INSTITUTE

200 East Wells Street

   at Jernigan Place

Baltimore MD 21230

410.659.9314 x2225

410.685.2340 (fax)

 



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