Well, I am acquainted with her pretty well and she does have multiple
hidden handicaps, but as far as I know it was the dyslexia that
qualified her and as far as I know her other handicaps do not effect her
ability to read. Anyway, if it is the law and not the agency that
establishes the qualifications and if Bookshare accepts registration
with the NLS as proof of qualification for Bookshare then why would the
qualifications be different? In a message dated 9/23/2008 12:49:47 A.M.
Eastern Daylight Time, cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
It is indeed the law that makes the qualifications, and dyslexia
(and many other
disabilities) is not automatically eligible under the law. Smile.
Quoting from the official NLS FAQ at
http://www.loc.gov/nls/reference/factsheets/readingdisabilities.html:
"The following groups of individuals are not automatically eligible:
those who
have learning disabilities, dyslexia, attention deficit disorder,
attention
deficit-hyperactivity disorder, chronic-fatigue syndrome, autism,
functional
illiteracy, or mental retardation, unless there is a specific
accompanying
visual or physical handicap."
The key point is that all of the above must have a specific
accompanying [i.e.,
additional] visual or physical handicap in order to qualify.
The individual you are acquainted with would have had to have had,
under law, "a
specific accompanying visual or physical handicap" in order to
qualify for the
NLS, unless some special circumstance allowed NLS to grant an exception.
The point is, Roger, regardless of one individual who may have
qualified for NLS
with dyslexia, that it is not the general case. Bookshare serves a
wider group
of disabled patrons than does NLS, and having something available in
NLS does
not make it available to everyone who is eligible for Bookshare.
Judy s.
Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx wrote:
> I am personally acquainted with a person who is an NLS patron on the
> sole basis of being dyslexic. It is not the agencies that make the
> qualifications. It is the law that makes the agencies possible that
> makes the qualifications. The point is that the disability must
be one
> that makes reading print books impossible or so difficult as to be
> impractical. In a message dated 9/22/2008 10:54:04 P.M. Eastern
Daylight
> Time, cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> Roger, Bookshare has a broader definition of physical
disabilities
> than does
> NLS. Individuals who do not qualify for NLS can in fact
qualify for
> Bookshare -
> for example, those with dyslexia. So it does make a
difference if
> you're one of
> Bookshare's patrons who do not qualify for the NLS.
>
> Judy s.
> Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > Nevertheless, though, there are physical disabilities that
do not
> > qualify one for NLS services. However, the exact same
qualifications
> > hold for the NLS, RFB&D and Bookshare, so I don't see that it
> makes a
> > difference.
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