tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post5585527274898771133..comments2024-03-01T03:37:20.420-05:00Comments on I'M SOMEWHERE ELSE: disability services are not accessible!Amanda Foresthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04200794053287551087noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-41928220855614694162014-05-30T00:29:35.622-04:002014-05-30T00:29:35.622-04:00Thanks that is what I meanThanks that is what I meanAmanda Foresthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200794053287551087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-2355853573337981502014-05-29T16:12:00.976-04:002014-05-29T16:12:00.976-04:00I believe you don't really understand where sh...I believe you don't really understand where she's coming from because you aren't disabled. Yes. You are under a lot of laws, but the point is that those laws need to change. They were placed there by non-disabled people and can be removed by people. Students who can self-advocate may do best when they do, but some students can not self-advocate and need support to get their accommodations. GayRoguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03626715632666998426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-56270563540839081022012-03-06T21:39:50.828-05:002012-03-06T21:39:50.828-05:00I know how that feels. I wanted to go to a communi...I know how that feels. I wanted to go to a community college just for a few classes in writing. I also have an autistic disorder as well as ADHD and severe anxiety. You can imagine how rough my issues are. So anyway, my mom had called them to ask about their accommodations. They actually told me I had to take a math class, science and whatever. For me, that is just going to add more stress. I can't attend university because I have too much of an issue with being away from my parents so you know that is out of the question.<br /><br />Thing is, people who work in these kind of services want to do anything they can to make it harder for someone who really needs some sort of special accommodation. I mean I only want to take a few classes for writing. Too much stress and I could literally spiral into a full on meltdown.redxfantasyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17822409535453320228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-85535414099155831692011-09-20T17:52:29.809-04:002011-09-20T17:52:29.809-04:00I do understand it's the setup and not an indi...I do understand it's the setup and not an individual disability services worker deciding to do things like this. I don't mean to imply otherwise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-31077118129653800592011-09-20T16:37:45.292-04:002011-09-20T16:37:45.292-04:00As a disability services specialist at a community...As a disability services specialist at a community college, I understand your arguments, but I don't think you understand the laws we work under. I struggle on a regular basis to get the faculty & staff to understand my role. I believe I understand where you are coming from b/c I used to teach high school special needs for 8 years. Students do best when they self-advocate with instructors, but good DSS folk should be there to help support you in your self-advocacy.genebug77https://www.blogger.com/profile/15718987889177240403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-90691042315979597322011-03-27T01:17:57.695-04:002011-03-27T01:17:57.695-04:00Great to know you. I am on Facebook and have a blo...Great to know you. I am on Facebook and have a blog also.Garry Burgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14112847639800700450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-58375569623248848832011-03-12T10:36:20.163-05:002011-03-12T10:36:20.163-05:00There is also the issue of visible vs invisible di...There is also the issue of visible vs invisible disabilities. My partner has Cerebral Palsy, and I have ADD, and our college has actively told us "You do not deserve accessible housing because you are not in a wheelchair." Never mind the fact that cerebral palsy, even the kind of cerebral palsy where you are able to walk, presents many challenges relating to accessible space, when applying for accessible housing on campus, we were basically told, well, you want one of the nicest houses on campus and we don't want to give it to you. Another one of my partner's accommodations was to live with a group of friends-- people who would be willing to help carry heavy things and liquids, help with food preparation, drive to the grocery store, etc. The housing office didn't like that. So they allowed us two other people who we knew, the rest of the 8 room house was filled with transfer students, most of whom didn't have much interest in helping. The people we lived with did not understand accessibility, and made a hard-to-navigate mess all the time. And the crowning cherry in the humiliation cake was the fact that the two of us were forced to live in the smallest double room available, a double that was in fact, designed as a larger single room to be used by a student in a wheelchair. So I'm sure you can imagine how happy and successful our sophomore year was.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16678301694747417991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-89956559519211157472011-03-06T00:40:28.484-05:002011-03-06T00:40:28.484-05:00Wow!! I like your video...very good!!!Wow!! I like your video...very good!!!Jon A.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06545725529415835853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-52300521002540711372011-03-05T01:10:12.518-05:002011-03-05T01:10:12.518-05:00haha thankshaha thanksAmanda Forest Vivianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06284158336100298682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-43178482823590242012011-03-05T00:47:59.689-05:002011-03-05T00:47:59.689-05:00<3 <3 <3 xs 10000000000000000000000000000...<3 <3 <3 xs 10000000000000000000000000000Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01574526958190180906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-75445599847196277712011-03-05T00:08:14.550-05:002011-03-05T00:08:14.550-05:00Glad you mentioned the cost, it can be a huge disa...Glad you mentioned the cost, it can be a huge disadvantage on top of having a disability in the first place. What exactly is disability services job anyway? Oh, yeah to "teach you how to be a responsible adult." I have noticed other disabled students at my school (who are clearly not lying about having a disability) and they literally have to turn in paper work each time they need an accommodation even if it for the exact same thing. What a joke. You already know about my experience. They didn't even have advice on how I could obtain a diagnosis. They told me to call around. How specific. Even after I asked them if they could please be more specific, they just admitted they had no idea. Wouldn't it be their job to at least research and get back to me? Not to mention calling random people and not having a clue how to ask the right questions to get the information I want is part of my problem. Oh you will like this... My son's teacher informed me that all of the programs he was in last year were cancelled due to budget cuts so I asked her if she had any advice on where I could start in my search to find private services and she told me (no joke) to look in the yellow pages. I just could not tell if she was mocking me or if she was serious. I'm inclined to believe the first one because it makes more sense.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06001020811877167957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-21319805977503866232011-03-04T23:20:31.392-05:002011-03-04T23:20:31.392-05:00Um, fuck. I typed out this big long comment and th...Um, fuck. I typed out this big long comment and then Blogger ate it or something. <br /><br />Anyway, good point about the possibility of a disability that interferes with your ability to get disability services. <br /><br />I think disability offices should at least make it a lot easier to get documentation (like having someone on site who can diagnose or something), and maybe only require it if you're asking for an accommodation that could potentially give a non-disabled person who's faking an unfair advantage. <br /><br />Oh yeah and for developmental disabilities, there's no reason they shouldn't accept a 10-year old diagnosis. You don't grow out of being autistic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com