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Full History - 2015 - 10 - 22 - ID#3pv1wt
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Low vision, help with how to study (self.Blind)
submitted 7y ago by awesomesaucesaywhat
So I'm now officially low-vision/ legally blind due to a degenerative disease. I'm taking this semester off from university to figure stuff out, but I'm really nervous about returning to classes.

How do you learn math without seeing the board? Will I have to constantly ask the professor to say what they've written?

Any advice on learning languages?

I'm feeling overwhelmed by this and having some insight would be a huge help. Thanks!
Lion_the_Bunny 4 points
Hello! Math is definitely the hardest thing I did in college - I failed four classes (and paid for them) before I finally passed. I give everyone this information, but if you haven't contacted your city's Vocational Rehabilitation center, make an appointment. Their goal is to help you to be as successful as you possibly can. I was given assistive technology - Zoomtext software (or something like it) will be really helpful if you get stuck with the dreaded MATHXL. More importantly however, they got me a private tutor. The university had free tutoring that I tried out, but it was humiliating to have to explain my situation to a new peer a few times a week. If you can get the tutor, have them get in touch with your professor. It's going to make a huge difference if your professor knows you're really trying - this can also be achieved by stopping by their office hours a few times to just discuss where you're at. Through your university disability department you can get a Note Taker assigned to you - with those notes and a textbook you should be ok. Let me know if you have other questions, I'm happy to help. Otherwise, good luck!
Dyshonest 3 points
Note taker is huge, something that can also help is for you to bring in an audio recording device. That way when you are reviewing the notes later you can also listen to the lecture so you can recall what was said about the notes.
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