Dear colleague, I want to thank you and the many others who took the time to
respond to my inquiry about services for visually handicapped students. I am
surprised, and heartened, by the range of facilities made available. The
level of commitment to equal opportunity for learners with special needs is
extermely high. I have viewed the WEB sites that many of you provided,
including those of the vendors of special equipment. The information
gathered will be very helpful to our committee. On their behalf, please
accept my appreciation.       Jean-Paul Schuller, Advisor to His Excellency
the President

Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman

-----Original Message-----
From: Jane Balmforth <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, 09 May 2002 17:54
Subject: Re: academic support for visually impaired students


Dear Jean-Paul

Thank you for your enquiry.

At RSAMD we have Braille signage on doors around the Academy. Our prospectus
and information is available on cassette. UK students can aply for a
Disabled Students' Allowance to help them buy appropriate computer equipemnt
to support them in their studies, or use note takers.

On the Acadmey website at www.rsamd.ac.uk you may access the Information for
Students with Disabilities, which outlines the support offered.

I hope this is useful.

Yours sincerely

Jane Balmforth

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Jane Balmforth
Academy Counsellor & Welfare Adviser
Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama
100 Renfrew Street
Glasgow
G2 3DB

Tel: 0141 270 8282
Email: [log in to unmask]

>>> Jean-Paul Schuller <[log in to unmask]> 05/04/02 10:53am >>>
Colleagues, please excuse double (or worse, triple) postings. I have been
asked by our Administration to investigate what
other institutions offer to help partially, or fully blind students succeed
in their studies. Do you have special audio/visual equipment (Braille etc.),
special computer hardware or software such as voice recognition and
response? Are there special collections of printed or recorded materials? Do
you offer the services of people to read to visually handicapped students or
to take notes. I realize your office may not be directly involved but I hope
you can either reply or pass on the request. In our case we have no formal
mechanism to help blind students, though 1 has graduated and we have 5 more
enrolled. They have special problems in courses that tend to rely on visual
prompts for learning such as a second language (in our case English since
Arabic is their mother tongue) or computer skills. Thank you for your
assistance



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