<div dir="ltr"><div>I think we have to be careful with threatening faculty with the law and having an abrasive attitude. Sure, it would seem natural that people should want to accept everyone in their classes, but sometimes for a professor to change how they're teaching their course is very overwhelming and I can understand how they might feel. When I was in college, (I am blind), I approached each of my professors constructively and explained what they could do to ensure that I got the most out of the course. I never mentioned the law or my rights under the same. This method worked 99% of the time. Sure, there was a case or two where I had to step up the pressure, but my point is that we need to approach it from a different angle, such as teaching faculty how to modify their course to include all students, universal design, and not just throwing the law at them. I can tell you for sure if you show up and tell me how I'm going to change how I've been doing things for years, with a demanding tone, I'm probably not going to react in a favorable way. Additionally, we don't want people to be afraid of having students with disabilities in their classes.<br><br></div>It sounds like Emily did what she could to work with her faculty and filed the complaint as a last resort. To me, this is completely appropriate. I only file complaints when nothing else has worked.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 2:43 PM, Hegney, Shaun <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Shaun.Hegney@sfcc.spokane.edu" target="_blank">Shaun.Hegney@sfcc.spokane.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="m_2062474008042461881__MailEndCompose"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">This is an excellent article and I think it highlights an important issue. Instruction needs new prospective are a good thing. That pedagogy and yes accessibility
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">“Faculty make the decisions of what they use in the classroom based on what the faculty think is the best way to do that teaching, as
opposed to an outside source telling them that material related to their course work is inaccessible for use,” says Dehner.<u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">The article also mentioned a problem with disability experts putting the law first over an idea of cultural change. However, from what
I have seen in my limited prospective, cultural change is meet with even more hostility than citing a legal requirement.<u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">I think if higher education is going to be more accessible we have to overturn this idea, there is one way to things and that is it. In
addition, more than just instruction having input on course design would be a good start.<u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Interested in her thoughts from others on this story.<u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Shaun Hegney<u></u><u></u></span></b></span></p>
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<b>To:</b> Access Network <<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu" target="_blank">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Athen] Article: How a Blind Student Who Felt Locked Out of STEM Classes Challenged and Changed Her University<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I was sent this link this morning and though it would be of interest to other people on this list:</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">How a Blind Student Who Felt Locked Out of STEM Classes Challenged and Changed Her University</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://www.edsurge.com/news/2017-12-08-how-a-blind-student-who-felt-locked-out-of-stem-classes-challenged-and-changed-her-university" target="_blank">https://www.edsurge.com/news/<wbr>2017-12-08-how-a-blind-<wbr>student-who-felt-locked-out-<wbr>of-stem-classes-challenged-<wbr>and-changed-her-university</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The short article discusses both the legal issues of accessibility and cultural issues of accepting people with disabilities.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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