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Re: [Phys-l] Blind student in lab?



Hi,

About ten years ago we had a blind
undergrad take our non-calculus physics
including our intro mechanics lab.It sort
of worked. I got lucky in the TA was one
of my best. The student had a helper and
our Disability Resource people helped.
There are things like tactile graph paper
which we would never have known about without
them.
The student was somewhat weak
academically overall and only modestly
motivated so the result was only OK.

I suspect searching on something
like Disability Resource and science might
get you some information.


Thanks
Roger Haar U of AZ physics

On 12/2/2011 10:32 AM, Forinash III, Kyle wrote:
Hi all

Our dean has asked about the possibility of having a blind student in a science lab course (a requirement for a BA in most majors here). I searched the Phys-L archive and found some useful comments from 2000 but wondered if anyone had any experience with this since then. This could be any lab course, biology, chemistry, physics, geoscience at any level.

kyle

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