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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hmmm…that’s tricky.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">You’re totally not off-base, but I don’t know about having an interpreter there in the class having to feverishly take the student’s hands and twist them to match the instructor’s. *<b>grin</b>*. From the perspective
of a blind person who took Yoga, real-time isn’t always a good time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Would the instructor be open to either videoing the lectures so that student and interpreter would be able to pause and restart as needed? Or, setting up a bit of one on one time, perhaps with a teaching assistant,
to go over what would be covered that day? Then the actual class time would be more of a practice session.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Does this student understand that tactile sign and ASL aren’t the same? People think that Braille and raised print are synonymous, for example. Maybe a discussion of their request is in order.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Carin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Cassandra L. Tex<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 18, 2014 4:28 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> ATHEN Listserv<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Athen] Interesting Question Regarding Requested Accommodation...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Greetings All,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Had an interesting question this morning regarding a requested accommodation at a neighboring community college..<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Scenario:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Student who is blind (no usable vision) is enrolled in an American Sign Language course. The accommodation she is requesting is a tactile signer. There is an interpreter in the area that knows tactile signing (we are a rural area so our
interpreting pool of qualified interpreters is limited). The instructor does not know tactile signing.
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<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Questions:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph">1.<span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
</span>The student will essentially be learning tactile signing and not ASL. This seems like a fundamental alteration of the coursework for the ASL course. Am I off base here??
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<p class="MsoListParagraph">2.<span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
</span>If the instructor does not know tactile signing, how will he/she be able to evaluate the student’s knowledge?
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<p class="MsoListParagraph">3.<span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
</span>Is there another way to accommodate an individual who is blind in this ASL course? I was thinking that an interpreter or other individual could sit next to the student and manipulate the student’s fingers/arm to show what the sign is. Not sure how
disruptive this would be in the class though…<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Any suggestions or comments for accommodating this student in the ASL course would be appreciated!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cassandra Tex<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Assistive Technology Specialist<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Humboldt State University<o:p></o:p></p>
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