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Updated: 2:07 PM Nov 5, 2009
Textbook Program Helps VSU Students with Disabilities
A new database is making it easier for disabled V.S.U. students to complete their coursework. Posted: 5:49 PM Nov 4, 2009Reporter: Gabrielle Sarann Email Address: gabrielle.sarann@wctv.tv |
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A new computer program now makes it possible for students with disabilities to get digital and braille versions of textbooks much quicker.
What once took a month to get these textbooks, now takes only a few days.
The Alternative Media Access Center helps distribute this technology to Georgia colleges.
This program has transformed the lives of disabled students.
"It has definitely given me the ability to go to graduate school in the first place," said Rachel Wells, a graduate student at Valdosta State University. " If I didn't have this service, I can tell you with 100-percent certainty that I would have failed my classes this semester."
"I must say, If I didn't have this service, I would not be able to complete my courses with efficiency, with success," said Andrea Jenkins a freshman at Valdosta State University.
Valdosta Technical College is also participating in this program.
By next year, the goal is for half of U.S. colleges to be on board.
