[nabs-l] Why go through all of that trouble

[Jamie Principato]

I'm sorry, but I have to be honest, that sounds down right unrealistic. It
may work for some majors, but for the vast majority of fields, you simply
cannot avoid classes with visual elements, and it is this kind of thinking
that causes a lot of blind students to not even consider careers in, for
example, STEM fields. Anyway, if you avoid facing situations where you'll
have to find a way to deal with visual elements all through college, when
will you get the hang of dealing with them? When you're a working adult who,
despite ADA compliance at work, still has to find a way to read
non-electronic mail, materials that simply can't be made accessible in a
timely enough manner, etc? I can say from esperience that working with a
reader is a pain in the nect, especially for special circumstances like
these, but while striving to get the accommodations you need can be
tiresome, better you do it now and get good at doing it than limit your
opportunities as a blind individual to save yourself the hassle.

Best of luck. i really hope everything works out for you.

-Jamie

On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 6:05 PM, Brian Hatgelakas <
brian.hatgelakas at verizon.net> wrote:

> As a student who successfully graduated from college I think that you Tina
> should try to avoid all classes with visual elements.  Depending on how much
> time and energy your reader has to do this tactile work is probably minimal
> at best.  Do as much writing work as possible if the reader can't be in your
> class room with you.  What is your major Tina?  I was a broadcast journalism
> major myself.
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