[BlindKid] College Board Complaint

Anjina Bhat anjina1975 at gmail.com
Sat Oct 24 14:39:04 UTC 2020


Hi
Yes, I wrote to her and even my son also wrote to her. I think she missed
the mail in the junk folder. She replied but we are still waiting for some
solution from her side . Have shared all details with her .
Regards
anjina


On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 11:15 PM Deborah Kent Stein via BlindKid <
blindkid at nfbnet.org> wrote:

>
>
> Dear Angina,
>
> It appears that you wrote to Valerie Yingling at the NFB on October 13. Did
> you write to her at vyingling at nfb.org? Did you receive a response? It's
> possible that your message did not reach her.
>
> The College Board certainly should allow your son to use a screen reader to
> take the exam. Many blind students have used this accommodation in the past
> without a problem.
>
> Debbie Stein
> Dkent5817 at att.net
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindKid [mailto:blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Anjina
> Bhat
> via BlindKid
> Sent: Friday, October 16, 2020 12:23 PM
> To: vyingling at nfb.org; blindkid at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Anjina Bhat <anjina1975 at gmail.com>; Aarush Bhat
> <aarush.bhat04 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [BlindKid] College Board Complaint
>
> Please advise here
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > 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.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> College Board AP Tests:
> >>
> >>
> >> 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-a
> >> nd-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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