Gary, also as a past chair of the university's special student needs
committee ( a mouthful), I always liked that "backdoor" "wiggle out" word,
reasonable. It was amazing how the administration would use that word to
resist such accommodations as curb cutting, builoding temporary ramps for
graduation, refusing to move classes or offices. What no one really told
me was: reasonable to whom. If a student is there to learn and if we are
to serve, it would seem reasonable to do whatever it took for that student
to learn however inconvenient and uncomfortable it might be for us. It
would do us good to think of how to teach in a different. My criteria, as
I just told Tom, is what would I expect if I was blind. I remember once I
had the members of my committee spend one day in a wheelchair and another
with their eyes covered. Boy, did that open their eyes! (pun intended)
Make it a good day.
--Louis--
Louis Schmier www.therandomthoughts.com
Department of History www.halcyon.com/arborhts/louis.html
Valdosta State University
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On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Gary Klatsky wrote:
> Having spent a few years on our committee for students with disabilities,
> the law is that we make REASONABLE accommodations. Your ADA representative
> should provide information on how your institution has defined reasonable
> and what you should be expected to do.
>
> Gary J. Klatsky, Ph. D.
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> All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and
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> Albert Einstein
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Louis_Schmier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 10:26 AM
> To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
> Subject: Re: Blind student
>
> Tom, you have no choice but to find a way to accommodate your visuals to
> the needs of this student. It's the law of the land.
>
>
> Make it a good day.
>
> --Louis--
>
>
> Louis Schmier www.therandomthoughts.com
> Department of History www.halcyon.com/arborhts/louis.html
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