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...errors in your editorial of Wednesday, May 14, 1986, concerning the College practices with regard to some of the special needs of disabled students. This statement is the one I must ask be corrected: "Most outrageous is that visually and hearing impaired students must pay for their own readers, exam proctors, and sign language interpreters...
...does not now meet all of our needs. We certainly do not wish to discontinue accepting the help of members of our community, but it has become increasingly necessary to have numbers of paid readers. Needs are especially acute in foreign languages, the natural sciences and during reading and exam periods when the student volunteers are involved with their own needs. We now have the well established practice of paying readers and both systems are being used. No visually impaired student need rely solely on the volunteer system when it is inadequate to meet their needs...
...same goes for exam proctors and other special needs for disabled students during exams: scribes, special lighting etc. The scheduling office of the College Registrar has provided these services free of charge during the academic year for years and years. I think that office does a remarkable job not only helping with exams but in moving classes to accommodate the needs of the disabled students. It is too bad that their good work is not only not recognized, but even denied...
THOUGHTS from Emerson 105 during the Moral Reasoning 12 exam...
Most outrageous is that visually and hearing impaired students must pay for their own readers, exam proctors and sign language interpreters. Currently the University has no consistent policy, and some students have spent $1000 to $4000 each semester funding these aides. In focusing on restructuring some of its facilities, Harvard has overlooked its responsibility for the needs of these students, and should begin to fund these readers, proctors, and sign language interpreters...