[Nfb-science] anatomy and physiology course

[Larry D. Keeler]

I wish I had access to one of those when I went to college!
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> Ken,
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> That doesn't sound right at all. Why can't the school attach a digital 
> camera to the microscope, capture an image to computer and print it out on 
> a swell form machine. This is a similar procedure I use to make telescopic 
> images accessible. This would allow you to examine the visual images from 
> the microscope by touch...the same images that the other students are 
> examining by sight.
>
> - Noreen Grice
> You Can Do Astronomy LLC
> noreen at youcandoastronomy.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: kagni <kagni at optonline.net>
> To: nfb-science <nfb-science at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Fri, Oct 14, 2011 2:59 pm
> Subject: [Nfb-science] anatomy and physiology course
>
>
> I was enrolled in Anatomy and Physiology 1 (lab and lecture) at 
> Westchester
> Community College (WCC) and was forced to withdraw from the course because 
> the
> biology dept. claimed they could not make the necessary accommodations. 
> The
> lab practical exam requires the observation of tissues under the 
> microscope
> which I cannot do because of my visual impairment.  For the quizzes I was 
> read a
> description of the tissue and identified it that way.  They will not do 
> this for
> the lab practical exam, however.  Is there anyone that knows of 
> accommodations
> that have been made for this class?
>
> I am already in the fifth week of the semester which puts me one third of 
> the
> way  through the class  so I would appreciated any help as soon as 
> possible.
>
> Ken
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