[Nfbf-l] Florida state

[RJ Sandefur]

But If you don't have OandM, How are blind kids going to learn cane travel? 
If you don't have vision teachers, How are blind children going to learn 
braille? We gripe and mone, that 72, percent of the blind are unimployed... 
well, their's your answer! RJ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher Toth" <q.alpha at gmail.com>
To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 2:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Florida state


> Their O&M program is of little consequence, in my opinion, if students 
> which go here aren't even getting their basic accessibility needs met.
> For instance, I'd like to invite you to try their math portal:
> http://einstein.math.fsu.edu:9080/students
> Go to that website, navigate to an assignment which does not require 
> signup, and attempt to access it with any screen reader.
> Then, consider the troubling fact that this eGrade software is utilized 
> for 100% of undergraduate math courses at FSU, on every single practice 
> assignment, homework, quiz, and exam with no provisions for visually 
> impaired students.  Further consider that at least some of these math 
> courses are required to enter any STEM field.
> Or perhaps the case of the inaccessible PRS transmitters -- small 
> electronic devices which are required in political science courses for 
> tracking attendance and answering quiz questions but have exactly 0 
> audible feedback and require an inaccessible setup/class joining process 
> daily.
> I am a second-year student here at this fine university, and I have 
> recently switched my major from computer science, my passion, to political 
> science because none of my needs were being met by the inaccessible math 
> program.  Things are bad here, to the point where I have contacted the 
> folks in Baltimore for some assistance.
>
>
> RJ Sandefur wrote:
>> I heard that Florida state is cuting their orentation and mobility 
>> program! They must not care about the blind of their state! What is the 
>> NFBF of Florida going to do about this? RJ
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