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h3. Name of Concept: Access


h3. Overview of Idea:

More NTID access to classes.  Right now cross registered ntid  students are restricted to only taking the courses which have NTID  support in parenthesis next to the course name. So even if that class  doesn't match their schedule or they just don't like that teacher they  are forced into that class anyways or put in a class where they are not  guaranteed the support they need. That is oppression, under the ADA they  have the right to full access in the classroom and it should be  whatever classroom they want to be in. I think RIT needs to hire more  staff interpreters, I know DAS is fully staffed now, but we need  interpreters just sitting around doing nothing so that if an assignment  comes up or if a Deaf student wants to take an RIT class that is not  labeled as NTID, the institute will be able to accommodate for that. Or  if the school is not willing to hire more interpreters find a way to  open those non supported classes to 4th year interpreting practicum  students, they have to complete a number of interpreting hours in order  to complete the course, and they would be volunteer.

h3. How  this idea leverages current areas of RIT expertise:

This idea would support the idea of diversity on campus.  RIT likes  to brag that we have deaf students working along side of hearing  students in the classroom but really its that we have some classrooms  that work with deaf students as well.  Almost as if those are the  classes that will tolerate having NTID students in the room.  Its  oppressive and NTID students are not happy here.  By implementing this  idea, it will really show that NTID and RIT are one, that they are  united and really working together.

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