[nabs-l] accommodations in public school

[Franandah Damstra]

I am soposted to get large print books and assingments, but everyone
always forgets so I'm always behind in school. I have extra time on
tests and mobility training twice a month. I really would rather swich
to braille though.

On 11/6/08, Beth <thebluesisloose at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a friend who said she got her stuff enlarged while she had
> enough sight.  She's going blind year by year, and she's fine with
> Braille now.
> Beth
>
> On 11/6/08, Sarah Jevnikar <sarah.jevnikar at utoronto.ca> wrote:
>> I had orientation and mobility training too - an hour a week after school.
>> It was pretty awesome.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf
>> Of Hope Paulos
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 4:47 PM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] accomodations in public school
>>
>> I had brailled handouts, brailled texts and audio texts,
>> orientation and mobility training and extra time on tests.  These
>> were extremely effective.
>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Rania" <raniaismail04 at gmail.com
>>>To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>>Date sent: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 16:34:38 -0500
>>>Subject: Re: [nabs-l] accomodations in public school
>>
>>>I had braille extra time on tests my books and hand outs were
>> also brailled.
>>>Rania,
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net
>>>To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>>><nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>>Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 3:05 PM
>>>Subject: [nabs-l] accomodations in public school
>>
>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>
>>>> I'm asking this for a class as well as to compare my experience
>> to yours.
>>>> I had pretty decent services.  I got braille and audio books and
>> my TVI
>>>> was good at giving braille handouts and I got extra time on
>> tests.
>>>> As we have discussed before, I struggled fitting in socially
>> though.
>>
>>>> In my psychology of individuals with disabilities class, I was
>> asked to
>>>> present about visual impairment and accomodations and other
>> academic
>>>> impact.  So my questions.
>>>> 1.  What accomodations did you use?
>>>> 2.  Were they effective? If you used print you may have been
>> more effective
>>>> with braille.
>>
>>>> 3.  What should have been done that was not?
>>
>>>> Common accomodations I can think of are: large print or braille
>> handouts,
>>>> audio texts, and extended time on tests.
>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Ashley
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