Re: Re: Graduate School & Disability Accommodations Question

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On 1/15/04 10:03 AM, " ceda " <ceda > wrote:

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> No. City U, Renton Campus. UW is too expensive. I'm still paying off my

> undergrad degree from UW. City U is also closer to my office.

Here is the VR location for the Renton Campus from the link I provided

earlier.

http://www1.dshs.wa.gov/dvr/contactus/rentonworksource.htm

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In my anger last night, I sent an email to the disability services office

which started with the sentence, " what part of my 504 rights do you not

understand? " I then proceeded to tell them that it was their responsibility

to recruit a note taker and to pay for copying the notes.

Having received no response to my email, I called the disabled student

services office at 11:00 am this morning. I asked to speak directly to the

person in charge, but the assistant answered. The assistant had been the

one who had emailed me yesterday. She asked my name and when she realized

who was calling, she said she was looking at my file and was taking care of

things. She quickly started telling me about the exam proctoring works for

extended test time. That was not my primary concern, but I was interested

in that answer as well. She said the instructor would choose from a list of

available exam proctors and the instructor would handle everything. As I

explained to her again, my instructor is new to City U and he knows nothing

about how to handle the situation. She said she was planning to call him

today to explain things to him.

I brought her back to the issue of note-taking. She said she would notify

the business office at the Renton campus to allow us free use of the copier.

She further stated that her original comment was that the university would

not pay for note-taking services, i.e. if the other student were charging me

$10 a page or something. I've re-read her original email and mine, and I

don't see how she could have meant it that way.

My question:

" Being new myself, I wasn't sure how to answer his questions. How does City

U seek a note taker for me and what is the procedure by which I will receive

the notes? "

Her answer:

" The Disability Resource Office is not responsible for:

Funding notetaker for the class, expenses incurred for notetaking for a

course will be paid for by the student.

Any expenses incurred for notetaking for this courses is your

responsibility. "

In any case, the issue of paying for the copies was handled. The business

office on campus will allow my note taker to make copies for me after class.

However, I do see a potential problem loomin in one of her comments. I

explained to her how things were handled at my other schools in terms of

note takers and accommodations. She said, " well those probably weren't

private universities, what schools did you attend? " Her position is that as

a private university, they aren't required to provide the same equal

accommodations as a public university. I'll be watching this closely and

see how things go. I will also apply for Voc Rehab as so many people have

suggested.

-Barb

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I know nothing about math software, but I have a friend doing his PhD in math,

and will ask him--he's a computer whiz in addition to things mathematical. I can

see that it might be difficult to use someone else's notes for math.

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> I have a laptop and I do take notes for class this way. It works

> well enough in communications, but it does NOT work for math.

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> Have you checked into what might be available in the way of math

> software that you could load into your laptop?

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