[nabs-l] accommodations in public school

Mon Nov 10 20:49:10 UTC 2008

How?

On 11/10/08, Beth <thebluesisloose at gmail.com> wrote:
> Okay.  So you could still pressure the heck out of the school until
> you get what you need.
> Beth
>
> On 11/10/08, Franandah Damstra <fantasyfanatic01 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have mobility training, just no braille books and technology.
>>
>> On 11/6/08, Beth <thebluesisloose at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I would pressure the heck out of the school until you get Braille and
>>> more mobility training.  I get training once a week at the most.
>>> Beth
>>>
>>> On 11/6/08, Franandah Damstra <fantasyfanatic01 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 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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