[blindlaw] LSAT Accommodations?
ckrugman at sbcglobal.net
ckrugman at sbcglobal.net
Mon May 18 03:11:23 UTC 2009
that's the point when all else has failed and you have your documentation it
becomes litigation time.
Chuck
----- Original Message -----
From: "T. Joseph Carter" <carter.tjoseph at gmail.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 5:16 AM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] LSAT Accommodations?
> Chuck,
>
> I'd say lack of preparation and acquisition of skills needed for college
> accounts for a fair bit, but sometimes it just doesn't matter what you
> bring to the game. Sometimes, the game's been rigged, and you may not
> know about it until you've invested yourself.
>
> There are few coping skills that will help you if you become subject to
> institutionalized discrimination, the subjective and reactive application
> of unwritten policies, and vicious gossip and character assassination.
> With strong social support, tenacity in abundance, very strong skills, and
> the grace of God, you might survive.
>
> That's what I've been dealing with. Of course, anyone who knows me can
> tell you that I am a born fighter. I don't give up. More importantly, if
> I have to go through it, I'm going to make sure that nobody else ever has
> to. And yet, even I have been ready to walk away a few times. I can
> promise you that anyone else would have. I've learned that many people
> have in the past. Not one person with a disability has survived my
> program in six years.
>
> Sometimes, it just doesn't matter what you do, how you do it, or what
> skills you've got. If your faculty are determined to see you fail because
> you are blind, there's not much you can do until the damage is already
> done.
>
> I don't know how we can prepare people for that, except to have them read
> lots of early Federation history and all of Dr. Jernigan's more militant
> speeches. *grin* I'm not certain it'll help, but it's the best
> suggestion I've got.
>
> Joseph
>
>
> On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 11:06:09PM -0700, ckrugman at sbcglobal.net wrote:
>> Being a product of public schools in the 60's where I was the only blind
>> student and college and grad school in the 70's and 80's where
>> accommodations were negotiated between myself and the professors on a
>> large university campus. The bottom line was that blind and other
>> disabled students learned how to solve their problems and how to function
>> independently in all facets of their education and life or they failed.
>> Basic coping skills both for academic and nonacademic survival are a
>> needed prerequisite to college and work and reasonable accommodation
>> through any legislation is not going to bring about an increase of
>> success in college or the real world of employment.
>> Chuck
>
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