[nabs-l] Accommedations Letter to Professors

Sat Apr 18 20:18:47 UTC 2009

hello angela,

i attend the university of colorado-denver but, i will be transfering in the fall to metro state college to finish up my degree because the university isn''t working out for me academicallyy and financally. as to your note to me i'm the one who told which accomodiations that i needed from the dss office not them telling me which ones that i should use.

i'm the one who is in control of my needs not them. the letter is one of their policies for all students who use their office not just blind students have to do this! so, i hope that i was able to answer and also clarify your note. take care and i will talk to you soon!

hugs,
from amy

----- Original Message -----

From: Angela fowler 

To: 'National Association of Blind Students mailing list' 

Sent: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:21:40 +0000 (UTC)

Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Accommedations Letter to Professors

Amy, just out of curiosity, which university do you attend? 

I'm asking this because I think its ludicrous for any university to mandate

that the DSPS office force any services on a student which the student may

not want or need. Obligated to offer? Yes, but the student should always be

able to take it or leave it.

OK, OK, I'll get off my soap box now.   

-----Original Message-----

From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf

Of Amy Sabo

Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 3:15 PM

To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list

Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Accommedations Letter to Professors

hello jordan and all,

in response to your note on having the dss office write a letter for you or

not. as for me at my university it's the policy to have this done. it's

called a faculty letter which states that i'm registered with the dss office

and these are the accomodiations that i'm using in that class this semester.

it's a good way to have it in writing for technical issues. but, i still

introduce myself to the professor at the beginning of the semester

preferably after class. i tell them who i'am and these are the

accomodiations that i will be using in their class. i ask them if they want

this for documentation and most appreciate it and most don''t. it just with

the person or not. but, is also a contract that if you have any problems

with discrimination with the prof than they have it in writing that these

are the accomodiations that you are to use and if they don't agree to them

they have a written copy for their benefit and also from the dss office.

i also email the professor if i know who is teaching the class ahead of

time. this is not always the case so i have to wait until the first day of

class to do this. if you cannot talk to the professor after class which this

does happen on the first day of class i email them as well too!

so, it just pertains to the rules that dss office wants you to do and their

procedures for it. it's a good thing but, i don't let them take control of

my needs i do it myself! so, there's some food for thought on this topic

take care all and i will talk to you all soon!

hugs,

from amy

----- Original Message -----

From: Jordan Richardson 

To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list , MnABS listserve ,

WABS listserv 

Sent: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:58:51 +0000 (UTC)

Subject: [nabs-l] Accommedations Letter to Professors

hi all,

i just talked to the person at the DSS office today and one of the things

that we talked was the accommedations letter to the professors.  Now, i had

heard about this through Jeff Thompson and MnABS.  Is it better to have the

DSS office write the letter and send it to me for revisions, or for me to

just write the letter and to send it to my professors myself.  If i do the

latter, should i tell the DSS office that i will write the letter myself?

thx,

-- 

Jordan Richardson

lilrichie411 at gmail.com

"What is a friend? A friend is a single soul dwelling in two bodies"

--Aristotle

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