Try contacting the local volunteers of america in your area who have a
list of people who will help while you are searching for a permanent
note taker. If you need more information let me know.
http://disabledstudentsrights.blogspot.com/2006/11/file-complaint-against-online-college.html
On Feb 7, 3:22 am, "H." <hbe...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Hi. I am a student who attends the University of California at
> Berkeley, and require notetakers in cl***** where it is difficult to
> type notes, such as math and cl***** that require copying diagrams.
>
> Several students who require notetakers at Berkeley, including me,
> cannot find them in a timely fa****on. It is the fourth week of the
> semester, and I do not have a notetaker for the one course which
> requires it. I am doing research to find out if this lack of
> accomodation is standard or specific to my school, and in any case,
> what can I do to fix it.
>
> To clarify my situation, I am registered with the Disabled Students
> Program, and have a sheet on file which says I am entitled to this
> notetaking service. The notetaking coordinator at Berkeley says that
> they are doing everything they can to find a notetaker, but have just
> not been able to find one yet. Last semester, several students were
> not able to find notetakers at all.
>
> The pay here for notetakers is $40/credit/semester, so, for instance,
> a 3 unit lecture class pays $120. Discussion sections are paid
> separately at the rate of $40 a semester. A 3 credit course including
> discussion is about seven hours of notetaking a week for $160 at the
> end of the semester.
>
> Please, I am looking to have some questions answered:
> 1) If you have had notes provided for you or taken them for someone
> else, what was the pay? (And also, what was the year and school, for
> reference)
> 2) Is this current situation legal? That is, if no student in a class
> agrees to be a notetaker, is it really legal for the school to say
> "Tough. You don't get a notetaker."
> 3) Whether legal or not, what course of action do you recommend to
> remedy the situation?
>
> Thanks in advance.
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