[Athen] question of accommodating student with RMI

[James Bailey]

Hi Howard,
We had a grad student with a similar situation a few years back and she used Naturally Speaking with great success.  She used on a laptop and took it into the field etc.  I'd recommend it to your student, but he may not go for it.

James


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James Bailey
Adaptive Technology Access Adviser, University of Oregon
1299 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1299
Office: 541-346-1076
jbailey at uoregon.edu

On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:16:37 -0600, Howard Kramer <Howard.Kramer at Colorado.EDU> wrote:

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> Here’s an interesting case that came up. A graduate

student who recently started in a Humanities program on campus states that he
cannot use a computer keyboard – though he can hand write. Even a short
time a computer keyboard will exacerbate his RMI (carpal tunnel syndrome). He
requested someone to type for him (he needs to answer e-mails as part of his
graduate program, for example) for a number of hours per week. We did not
provide this accommodation. Has anyone  else had a similar experience? Any
opinions on whether this should be a legally required accommodation? 

 

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