mikatehgr8t
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Such as disability services? I know to look for colleges w/ disability services but what exactly am I looking for that will benefit me as a hearing impaired student?
shelia, it does seem like the disabilty services at the name brand colleges are really good. However, if she attends a random state college or even a college where they're not too experianced with dhh kids, she prolly won't get good accomondations.
I searched her posts. She posted about maybe going to Gally b/c she would love to learn ASL and meet other dhh kids. In which case maybe a college with a large Dhh population would be good!
shelia, it does seem like the disabilty services at the name brand colleges are really good. However, if she attends a random state college or even a college where they're not too experianced with dhh kids, she prolly won't get good accomondations.
I searched her posts. She posted about maybe going to Gally b/c she would love to learn ASL and meet other dhh kids. In which case maybe a college with a large Dhh population would be good!
Ummm how do you know that the college you attended didn't have experiance with accomondating dhh kids? The thing is...the difference between generic accomondations and ones specificly for dhh people is like the difference between getting services in the Resource Room as a dhh kid vs going to a school that has a strong dhh programrandom state college? a college where they're not too experienced with DHH kids?
I didn't have any problem at such colleges you listed including community college. They did their homework well and got me the service I needed.
I was kind of thinking the same thing. That if mikatehgr8t had a choice between NTID or Gallaudet, NTID might be more suitable for his or her background.You might really do well at NTID. A lot of AG Bell kids (oral) end up there. I believe Norttheastern is also good.....same with BU and so on and so on My best advice...look for a college or university that has a large population of dhh students. The worst thing you can do in college is try to swing it solo with crappy generic accomondations.
Ummm how do you know that the college you attended didn't have experiance with accomondating dhh kids? The thing is...the difference between generic accomondations and ones specificly for dhh people is like the difference between getting services in the Resource Room as a dhh kid vs going to a school that has a strong dhh program
Another thing is that there's also even R.I.T to consider if she would like to go to school there directly.simple - you tell them what you want. they provide it for you. and of course... the quality of service varies. As for me - the quality of services from all colleges were satisfactory.
just something to think about - while it makes sense to go to NTID simply cuz it's a deaf school and logic dictates that it should have a variety of accommodation services.... the quality and availability may be an issue. If there are too many students needing same type of accommodation... you're gonna have a problem.
Duray, I wouldn't quite say that. The quality of accomodnations varies HUGELY, from minimal accomondations to stuff like CPrint.oral can survice at any college. social life, dunno
oral can survice at any college. social life, dunno
deaf cannot survive at hearing colleges. well they can with terps but social life - Gallaudet have fraternities, sororities, athletics....