[nabs-l] rights as blind students and responsibilities ofuniversities
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Wed Jul 13 01:20:51 UTC 2011
Get ready for retaliatory acts by your school. Here in NYC at educational institutions such as CUNY, they are good at that. Your grades and reputation will suffer. I am unable to get into graduate school or get a job since I have been blasted on websites and blogs for my advocacy efferts. My GPA went from a 3.9 to a final 2.6. So much for trying to “”lives the American dream." while helping others. I dealt with this when the economy was good; just, picture what you are against now that every corporation blames the economy and current-day politics. This happens regardless of the special funding that they receive superseding the current economical situation.
Sorry for the rant,
Joe
> From: bookwormahb at earthlink.net
> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:17:00 -0400
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] rights as blind students and responsibilities ofuniversities
>
> Anjelina,
> There are some similar issues at Nova, northern Virginia community college;
> I started a writing certificate there and ran into access issues. While the
> site for grades, transcripts, etc wasn't inaccessible, I'd say it wasn't
> very screen reader friendly.
>
> I complained about inaccessible stuff on the website like unlabeled
> graphics. I also requested an update to jaws in the library.
> I haven't seen much change; not to mention several violations of ADA to the
> environment for those with physical disabilities; all doors should be wide
> enough for wheel chairs and they need more push buttons for doors.
>
> Yes its reasonable to request jaws. Its about the same access; all other
> students have the access to computers on campus and you should have access
> to at least some of them. Your tuition covers technology access.
>
> I'd make a written complaint if I were you and go up the chain of command.
> Mention in your complaint about how schools need to comply with section 508
> regulations. I assume your school receives federal support and if they do,
> they are bound by civil rights laws like ADA and section 508 of the rehab
> act.
>
> Ashley
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anjelina
> Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 8:36 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: [nabs-l] rights as blind students and responsibilities
> ofuniversities
>
> Hi all,
> I hope all who attended convention had a great time. The stream was very
> informative.
> My University has gradually migrated to a system called Banner self service.
> All students are required to use the system for scheduling, financial aid,
> updating information among other functions. The site is not fully
> accessible. Even with Safari and Voiceover, JAWS with Firefox and IE9 I'm
> unable to activate buttons or links. I've contacted the ds office and the
> tech office. This might be a silly question but I'm wondering how much time
> is reasonable to give to see significant change?
> AAs a blind student is it unreasonable to request JAWS in the library, or am
> I responsible for providing a key? I've always just taken my laptop with me
> when having to do group work which is a work around.
> Thanks for your input.
>
> Anjelina
> Sent from my iPhone
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