[stylist] Update on blind law student's fight to use Jaws on Barexam

Tue Nov 30 21:51:16 UTC 2010

Ah, Judith, but this is for the Bar exam. Surely the people involved are 
aware of the law. Maybe employing a judge and lawyers is the point. Just 
being facitious, as I am really at a loss to explain how things like 
this still happen.
Donna

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On 11/30/2010 3:17 PM, Judith Bron wrote:
> Sean, I disagree with you.  If a person can't walk, giving them a 
> whealchair makes sense.  Helping them find a home where everything is 
> on one floor and they have easy access to the house or apartment makes 
> perfect sense.  If someone is deaf then helping them get a car adapted 
> for a deaf person makes sense.  If a person is blind and can't read a 
> written exam but knows how to work on adaptive equipment allowing them 
> to take their exam on that equipment using a headset makes perfect 
> sense.  True, people who aren't handicapped don't want to think about 
> the possibility, but in the back of their mind they know these things 
> exist and can happen to anyone because of accident or illness.  My 
> complaint with this whole court thing is that using common sense you 
> can solve the problem, the woman can take her bar exam using adaptive 
> equipment and life goes on without employing a judge and jury.  Judith
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>> Judith
>>
>> You are right, all of this just makes common sense to a blind 
>> person.  To a sighted person, nothing about blindness makes common 
>> sense because in order for it to make common sense you have to think 
>> about it and the last thing a sighted person wants to do is to think 
>> about blindness.
>>
>> Shawn
>>
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>> On Behalf Of Judith Bron
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>> Jaws on Bar exam
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>> Situations like this are so common sense that one has to wonder why they
>> made it into the courts at all.  Give the person using a screen reader a
>> headset and let them take their test be it a final exam for 
>> elementary or
>> high school,  College exams or a professional licensing exam.  Aren't we
>> taught as sighted children that we have to look both ways before 
>> crossing
>> the street?  Aren' the sight impaired taught to listen for cars?  Now we
>> have to go to court to impress on them that the blind have to hear a 
>> car or
>> risk being struck down.  I can' be the only one who craves common 
>> sense in a
>> system where it seems we have to go to court to be given the right to
>> breathe.  We certainly can't go to the airports for rights.  Judith
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Hill" <penatwork at epix.net>
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>> Subject: [stylist] Update on blind law student's fight to use Jaws on 
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>> exam
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>> Hi Friends,
>> Just came across the following article on the San Fransisco Lighthouse
>> site and thought some of you might be interested. I'm copying the
>> article after the URL.
>> Donna
>>
>> ***
>> Blindness Civil Rights Advocacy Alert
>> http://www.lighthouse-sf.org/blog/blindness-civil-rights-advocacy-alert/
>>
>> San Francisco continues to be a legal crucible for blindness civil
>> rights and on Monday, December 6, 2010, the next chapter in our long
>> struggle will take
>> place in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. If you want to witness how
>> civil rights are won one step at a time, please consider attending this
>> hearing and
>> lending your support.
>>
>> The following is an announcement from Stephanie Enyart's legal team:
>> "The blind community is encouraged to rally behind Ms. Stephanie Enyart
>> as her case
>> is argued before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.
>> Ms. Enyart is a blind law school graduate seeking admission to the
>> California Bar.
>> She has requested to use JAWS on the Bar Exam. The testing entity denied
>> her request citing security concerns. It is important for the court, the
>> press
>> and other interested parties to understand that the blind community
>> cares about this issue. Blind students should be able to take
>> standardized tests using
>> their assistive technology. It is no longer acceptable that all blind
>> test-takers should be required to use only human readers when their
>> preferred method
>> of accessing print may be through another method such as computer screen
>> review programs. Members of the blind community are encouraged to attend
>> the public
>> hearing on December 6 to show their support for Ms. Enyart's position."
>>
>> Attendees will need a government-issued photo ID to enter the courtroom.
>>
>> When: Monday, December 2010, 1:00 p.m.
>>
>> Where: John R. Browning U.S. Courthouse, United States Court of Appeals
>> - 9th Circuit, Courtroom 3, 3rd Floor
>>
>> Address: 95 Seventh Street, San Francisco, California 94103
>>
>> Please share this with your contacts to ensure a strong turnout in
>> support of Ms. Enyart and blindness civil rights.
>>
>>
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