[blindlaw] Introduction

[RJ Sandefur]

Hi I am RJ, and I have a question. I wish to become a Florida guardian ad 
litem volunteer, however, when I called my local office, they told me, that 
Sense I was blind, that it wouldn't be possible for me to be a guardian ad 
litem, because you have to be able  to see, in order  to  perform you're 
function as a guardian ad litem, however, I found the following statement on 
their application form, "ATTENTION: PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. In accordance 
with the Americans With Disabilities Act, persons with disabilities needing 
specials accommodations

to participate in this function should contact the GUARDIAN AD LITEM 
PROGRAM, no later than five (5) days prior to the in-service or training. 
Thank you." How should I go about this? Please email me off list. My email 
is, rjs59 at hotmail.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joshua Saunders" <joshuasaunders at sbcglobal.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 8:10 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Introduction


> Anil my name is Joshua and I am a third-year law student at Golden gate in
> San Francisco. I wanted to start by complementing you on all of the work 
> you
> have put in to reach law school. I thought I would just mention a few of 
> the
> techniques I use, and accommodations which have proven helpful. 
> Disabilities
> services at Golden gate has been able to obtain many of my textbooks
> directly from the publisher in an electronic form. Then I use jaws to 
> listen
> to the text. One problem which I have encountered is that some publishers
> send the book in a document which does not contain page numbers. This is a
> problem because if the Professor refers to page 166 you will have no idea
> where that is. Sometimes I have had to have the person it disabled student
> services compare the pages in a regular book with the electronic copy so
> that I know what I am supposed to read. It is usually best to bring the
> syllabus and have all of the assignments proper pages determined at the 
> same
> time. I don't know whether this is more detail than you wished. I am happy
> to answer any questions you mig its after advance ht have. Books that 
> could
> not readily be obtained in electronic form from the publisher I have tried
> to have scanned in advance. Good luck
>
> This e-mail was created using dictation software.  Please ignore any
> formatting or dictation mistakes.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Anil Lewis, NFBGA" <alewis at nfbga.org>
> To: <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 4:13 PM
> Subject: [blindlaw] Introduction
>
>
>> Well, I finally did it.  I started law school this week.  I attend
>> part-time
>> evening classes.  Contract Law, Property Law, Legal Bibliography, and
>> Research, Writing and Advocacy (RWA).  Had to hit the ground running, and
>> I
>> need some help.  Does anyone know of an accessible law dictionary?  Other
>> than RFB&D and BookShare, is there any other service I should subscribe 
>> to
>> for accessible textbooks?  I would also appreciate any miscellaneous
>> advice
>> that you may feel would be helpful for a first year law school student.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Anil
>>
>> Mr. Anil Lewis, President
>> "Mentoring The Blind Leaders Of Tomorrow"
>> National Federation of the Blind of Georgia
>> 315 West Ponce De Leon Avenue
>> Suite 603
>> Decatur, Georgia 30030
>> (404 371-1000 (Voice)
>> (404) 371-1002  (Fax)
>> alewis at NFBGA.ORG <mailto:alewis at NFBGA.ORG>
>>
>
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