[nabs-l] I believe I have been discriminated against, where to turn for help?

[Laurel]

for most of them, no. I could provide documentation on 2 or 3 out of
probably 20, but that's still pretty good I think. I have at least 2
other major complaints that I can prove beyond a doubt. I'd have more
but my university refuses to put things in writing.
Laurel

On 2/14/13, Loren Wakefield <theweird1 at centurylink.net> wrote:
> Do you have any sort of documentation of these past grievances?
>
> Loren
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Laurel
> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 12:50 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] I believe I have been discriminated against, where to
> turn for help?
>
> I've filed University complaints regarding other issues before, and it got
> me nowhere. I was told that I was a lier, that in fact that have
> accomodated
> me, when in the past I have been discriminated against, and was told that
> if
> I didn't like it I was free to leave the university and go elsewhere.
> Complaining to the university won't get me anywhere. It hasn't in the past,
> with other issues which I won't list here, and it won't now. This professor
> is also the chair of the modern languages department, and I am graduating
> in
> August with my degree in French. She has the power to retaliate if she even
> finds out that I know. I know the NFB can help me, but I don't know who to
> contact.
> Laurel
>
> On 2/14/13, Joshua Lester <JLester8462 at pccua.edu> wrote:
>> First of all, Laurel's female!
>> Second of all, I've tried going to colleges in the past to rectify my
>> issues and sometimes that doesn't work.
>> I hope she's able to get somewhere, but most of the time, universities
>> don't listen.
>> You've got to use the ADA and the IDEA as your defense and suing is
>> the last resort.
>> Blessings, Joshua
>> ________________________________________
>> From: nabs-l [nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Mauricio Almeida
>> [mauriciopmalmeida at gmail.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 12:42 PM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] I believe I have been discriminated against,
>> where to turn for help?
>>
>> suing is not an easy thing to do, and let me tell you something sir,
>> it costs a hex of a lot of money.
>> he might have a much better success by bargaining and treating to sue
>> than actually suing.
>> I recommend you present your case to university authorities first of all.
>>
>> Mauricio
>> On Feb 14, 2013, at 1:38 PM, Joshua Lester <JLester8462 at pccua.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Good grief!
>>> You better sue them!
>>> Contact Scott LaBarre, and he'll help you!
>>> That's terrible!
>>> Blessings, Joshua
>>> ________________________________________
>>> From: nabs-l [nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Laurel
>>> [laurel.stockard at gmail.com]
>>> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 12:32 PM
>>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>>> Subject: [nabs-l] I believe I have been discriminated against,  where
>>> to turn for help?
>>>
>>> As my subject says, I believe that I have been discriminated against
>>> by a professor at my university. I am wondering if one of you fellow
>>> listers can tell me where to get help. I had a French professor last
>>> semester. With out making this too long of a story, basically, I have
>>> just found out that she gave me different exams and quizzes than she
>>> gave everybody in the class. She made me do a different and much
>>> harder final exam for example. On the final, I had to go to my
>>> Disability Servic Testing office and answer 4 or 5 questions, in
>>> French of course, one page responses single spaced without use of a
>>> dictionary. I did not know then what everybody else did, I assumed
>>> they did the same as me. I found out yesterday, accidentally, that
>>> what she did was have everybody else come to class and get in groups.
>>> She then gave each group a dictionary, and assigned the groups 1
>>> question each. They then had to answer it and write their answers on
>>> the board. The whole class then discussed each question. All 20
>>> students made 100s on the exam. I made a 74. Had I made an "A" I
>>> would have made an "a" in the class. This is the most major thing she
>>> did, there's a lot of smaller things, but I think I can pin her down
>>> on this one. Where/what NFB resource/resources should I turn to for
>>> help?
>>> Thanks
>>> Laurel
>>>
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