[blindlaw] law career

[Nightingale, Noel]

Matthew:

I am not clear whether you have been denied admission to a college because of your blindness, but if you have, you might take note of the following federal statute.

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TITLE 20 > 
CHAPTER 38

§ 1684. Blindness or visual impairment; prohibition against discrimination


No person in the United States shall, on the ground of blindness or severely impaired vision, be denied admission in any course of study by a recipient
of Federal financial assistance for any education program or activity, but nothing herein shall be construed to require any such institution to provide
any special services to such person because of his blindness or visual impairment. 

  

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Hi Joe,
	Thanks for your advice, and for providing the corresponding links in your post.
	My questions pertaining to college primarily relate to the provision of accessable materials in a preferred medium.  I mensioned the "verbal rejections" I received as a point of reference to shed light on a problem that still persists.
	In high school, I have been deprived of braille books in a few situations due to the prison system employed by the state for this work.  I have also managed without adaptive equipment at the time of need.  While I have faced these injustices and with hard work, found a way, I always reserve concerns for others without my determination.
	Under my present circumstance, I dread these realities reoccurring in college where support, in the high school sense, is not as readily available.  The state has only "promised" to provide math and science braille books, though declines to comment on supplying electronic files from the publishers.
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