[nabs-l] College Expenses that Blind Students Encounter.

[Gerardo Corripio]

Speaking from my university days, hecause Mexico doesn't have like in the States, Vlindmess services, one has to pay for technology one might need, because the concept of readers is nonexistant, family generally tape-recorded required reading thus one has to cover the cost of blank cassetes at least back in the late 90s/early 2000s when I was majoring in Psychology; how does one books too etc. Good luck in your presentation!

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> El 15/04/2016, a las 1:40 a.m., Munawar Bijani via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> escribió:
> 
> Sure. When I was in university I was sad to discover that VR will only
> pay for a reader the equivalent credit hours of the course a week.
> Naturally, for math and science courses I needed more than three hours
> a week of a reader. The rest of the cost came out of my pocket.
> 
> I paid for four or five readers over the course of my university
> studies. Had I not been receiving SSDI at the time, this would not
> have been possible, because the Pel Grant was insufficient to cover
> the expenses.
> 
>> On 4/14/16, Glenn III via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I’m presenting at our IL Spring seminar on college financing, and the one
>> puzzle piece I’m missing is expected college expenses specific to blind
>> students. I looked online, and searched NABS archives back to 12 months,
>> but I can’t find what I’m looking for.
>> 
>>       While I know some folks anticipate Voc. Rehab covering basically all
>> costs, I think it’s prudent for a blind student to budget what their
>> potential expenses are ahead of time, especially if you end up not having
>> things covered. I could give examples of my own college time (not to
>> mention friends who ended up paying out of pocket for things that other
>> students didn’t have to worry about), but I think my experience is not
>> going to cover important things many blind students encounter, so…
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Could people here offer some examples of blindness-specific expenses they
>> encountered in college that should be budgeted for?
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks, so much.
>> -Glenn Moore III
>> State Secretary,
>> National Federation of the Blind of Illinois
>> (find our calendar at nfbofillinois.org/?page_id=158)
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