This sounds like a great resource for students heading off to college. Check it out below. Ike Presley, TVI, CLVT, CATIS National Project Manager American Foundation for the Blind 739 W. Peachtree St. N.W., Suite 250 Atlanta, GA 30308 404-525-2303 www.afb.org Expanding possibilities for people with vision loss        Save the Date! 2017 Joint AFB Leadership and Virginia AER Conference March 2-4, 2017 – Crystal Gateway Marriott -----Original Message----- From: Disabled Student Services in Higher Education [mailto:DSSHE-L@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU] On Behalf Of Brianna Blaser Sent: Friday, January 13, 2017 12:50 PM To: DSSHE-L@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Subject: Re: Student who is Blind needing math & computer science resources Cindy - I'd encourage your student to sign up for our NSF-funded AccessComputing program that supports students with disabilities in computing fields through mentoring and funding for tutoring, internships, and conference travel. In our peer mentoring community, blind students are often able to help one another troubleshoot particular problems that they encounter. More information about our program is below. We also support faculty in trying to ensure that computing courses are welcoming and accessible to students with disabilities. There are resources on our website <https://www.washington.edu/accesscomputing/> and faculty are welcome to email us with specific questions as well. Best, Brianna Are you a computing student with a disability? Looking for an internship? Want to connect with peers and mentors with disabilities? AccessComputing can help you do that. AccessComputing, a National Science Foundation funded project, provides mentoring and funding for career development activities for students with disabilities computing-related fields. This includes: *MENTORING: *Through our online community, students and mentors discuss a variety of topics. It is a place to connect with others to share your successes, ask for suggestions regarding any issues that may arise for you related to your disability, education or employment, and to support other team members when they need help brainstorming solutions. *TUTORS: *Struggling with a computing course? Please contact me about tutor support. Each term, AccessComputing can fund a limited number of tutors for project participants. *CONFERENCES:* Interested in attending a conference related to computing, diversity, or professional development? AccessComputing may be able to provide funding for travel, registration, or accessibility-related costs. *INTERNSHIPS:* The AccessComputing project helps students find internships that relate to computing. Together with AccessComputing staff, students make contacts with faculty members and companies in their area to inquire about internship opportunities. If opportunities are unpaid the student can request wages from the AccessComputing project. Find an application and more information online at: uw.edu/accessCcomputing/get-involved/students/join-accesscomputing-team <http://uw.edu/accesscomputing/get-involved/students/join-accesscomputing-team> Best, Brianna Brianna Blaser, Ph.D. Counselor/Coordinator, DO-IT washington.edu/doit University of Washington 4545 15th Ave NE, Suite 100 | Seattle, WA 98105 206-221-4163 | fax: 206-221-4171 | blaser@uw.edu On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 9:04 AM, Cindy Yamnitz <cynthiayamnitz36@webster.edu > wrote: > We received very short notice of having a transfer student who is blind > starting at our university next week. He is Computer Science major and math > minor. He has mac computer, uses voice over, and NVDA. He does NOT have a > braille note but, is in the process of getting one. He is taking 2 math > courses (Calculus 1 and Math for Computer Science) and a Programming 1 > course using C++. I have a PDF copy of all 3 books. He was able to find an > audio copy of the Programming book. I have not had to make math materials > accessible to a blind student before so I am at a loss. I have mathtype > installed on my computer but, have not yet learned how to use it. > > I was wondering if anyone has created a copy of the calculus book that > will be used that is accessible for a student who is blind: > Calculus One and Several Variables > Author: Salas > Publisher: John Wiley & Sons > Edition: 10th > ISBN: 978-0-47-169804-3 > > > I am looking for assistance with how to make his books and course > materials such as math homework accessible and guidance for his professors > who are very concerned on how to teach a student who is blind topics that > they consider to be only be taught visually. I also have one professor who > insists he must learn flowcharting so I am looking for direction for that > as well. > > Thank you in advance for your responses. > > Cindy Yamnitz > Assistive Technology Coordinator > Webster University > cynthiayamnitz36@webster.edu > 314-246-4245 > > This list is intended to serve as a forum for higher education > professionals involved in the delivery of services to students with > disabilities in higher education. Any commercial posts or posts that are > deemed by the listowner to be inappropriate for the list will result in the > poster being removed from the list. > > To sign off the list, send a message to > * listserv@listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu > * with the message > * Unsubscribe dsshe-L > To search the archives, go to > http://listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu/archives/dsshe-l.html > Questions? Contact Listowner Dan Ryan at dryan@buffalo.edu > This list is intended to serve as a forum for higher education professionals involved in the delivery of services to students with disabilities in higher education. Any commercial posts or posts that are deemed by the listowner to be inappropriate for the list will result in the poster being removed from the list. To sign off the list, send a message to * listserv@listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu * with the message * Unsubscribe dsshe-L To search the archives, go to http://listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu/archives/dsshe-l.html Questions? Contact Listowner Dan Ryan at dryan@buffalo.edu