I am forwarding this email to the ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety Listserv list as I think the members of DCHAS can help out. Would you please respond to chemed-L**At_Symbol_Here**mailer.uwf.edu , (or both lists) as I think this question/situation is of interest to many. Thanks, Bob Belford ----- Original Message ----- From: Janet Burgess Date: Saturday, April 14, 2007 2:35 pm Subject: Modifications for Blind Student To: CHEMED-L**At_Symbol_Here**MAILER.UWF.EDU > Dear List, > I was just informed that I will have a blind student in my high > school > Honors Chemistry class during the next school year. Unlike > sight impared > students that I have had before, this student is totally blind. > He may or > may not have an aide with him. He reads Braile, and they plan > to order a > book for him. > My major concern is safety, both of the student and the safety > of all the > other students in the class. I have no idea how a blind student > will be > able to do the labs. He can not observe what is happening, so > will the > burden for explaining what is going on be on his lab partners, > or will I > have to conduct a separate lab for him so that I can explain > what he would > be seeing so that he can draw conclusions since many labs > require students > to be able to see in order to "understand" what is going on. > If you have had a blind student in Chemisty Lab, I would > appreciate any help > that you can give me. > Have a great weekend, > Janet Burgess > Science Hill High School > Johnson City, TN > *********************************************************** Robert E. Belford Department of Chemistry University of Arkansas at Little Rock http://www.ualr.edu/rebelford 501-569-8824
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