[blindkid] IEP Document Accessibility

[Bonnie Lucas]

Hello,

though Aubrie has been coming to her IEP meetings since fourth grade, since 
moving to GA, we have not had any in Braille. I have asked to have them sent 
but the TVI doesn't know how to send it since it is in a "different" format 
for privacy reasons. this last time, however, my husband figured out that 
they could be sent as a PDF and I was able to read it with Kurzweil. that 
isn't the best because it has quite a bit of tables and such and they just 
don't seem to read that easily. Hmm, I'm not sure how they would feel if I 
started demanding to have the IEP in Braille for both Aubrie and me! I'll 
have to try it.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "DrV" <icdx at earthlink.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List,(for parents of blind children)" 
<blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 1:22 AM
Subject: [blindkid] IEP Document Accessibility


> Hi Everyone,
> Our elder son is now in 7th grade & we would like for him to take a more 
> active role in his IEPs.
> We get print copies of the reports, goals, & final IEP document.
> He can't read the print.
> If we didn't speak English, is it standard practice for these to be 
> translated into the family's native language?
> If so, then along that line of reasoning, it would seem like the district 
> should be required to provide these in an understandable/accessible 
> format.
> Providing an electronic Word/Text version would be a little extra work, 
> but certainly seems do-able.
> I would appreciate some insights into how others have approached this.
> Thanks
> Eric
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