[BlindKid] College Board Complaint

[Anjina Bhat]

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> On 13-Oct-2020, at 2:28 PM, Anjina Bhat <anjina1975 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear Vyingling
> 
> Greetings!!!
> 
> This is Anjina a mother of a visually impaired child Aarush Bhat who  was supposed to take SAT test on this october 3rd , unfortunately could  not appear as the college board has not approved the accommodation as my son wants to write an exam on the computer . Very surprising that for a blind child ,they have not allowed the screen reader which is very amazing for us . It seems the people there do not understand the accessibility requirements of the blind child . I have sent them a lot of emails and have been following them on the phone every day but unfortunately they did not understand the requirements of the child . It was quite disheartening for us that an organisation like the college board does not understand the requirements of the blind child and are so insensitive towards the sensitivity of the situation . I really need help in this forum . Please suggest  me what I should do as now I have shifted the exam to December but still am not sure whether they will approve the accommodation . I request a help here on this forum
> looking forward for response 
> Thanks and regards
> anjina
> 
>> On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 9:36 PM Melissa Ann Riccobono via BlindKid <blindkid at nfbneblindkid@nfbnet.orgt.org> wrote:
>> This announcement might be of interest to some on this list.
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>> College Board AP Tests:
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>> Last week, five blind high school students and the NFB filed a complaint
>> against the College Board with the United States Department of Education
>> Office for Civil Rights and Department of Justice on behalf of themselves
>> and all other blind and deafblind students who are registered to take the
>> May 2020 advanced placement (AP) tests from the College Board. Read the
>> press release and complaint at
>> https://www.nfb.org/programs-services/legal-program/rulings-filings-and-lett
>> ers#highstakes. 
>> 
>> If you are a blind high school student or the parent of a blind high school
>> student who is scheduled to take a College Board AP test this spring and
>> requires accommodations, including but not limited to Braille and tactile
>> graphics, please contact our legal coordinator, Valerie Yingling, as soon as
>> possible at vyingling at nfb.org <mailto:vyingling at nfb.org> .
>> 
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> Anjina