[Athen] question of accommodating student with RMI

[Jones, Reniece]

Dragon is pretty quick to learn and you can still use keystrokes if you
don't remember all the commands.  Is he open to learning?  You might
encourage "buy in" by educating that this could be an accommodation he
could also use in the workplace to give him that competitive edge....

 

Reniece A. Jones, MA, CI/CT

Community College of Aurora

Accessibility Services Office Director

16000 E. CentreTech Parkway, Ste. S-202E

Aurora, CO  80011-9036

303.361.7395 V/TDD/VP

303.340.7551 F

Reniece.Jones at CCAurora.edu <mailto:Reniece.Jones at CCAurora.edu> 

www.CCAurora.edu

 

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[mailto:owner-consortium at lists.colorado.edu] On Behalf Of Howard Kramer
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 9:17 PM
To: consortium at lists.colorado.edu
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Education Network'
Subject: question of accommodating student with RMI

 

Hello All:

 

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?

 

Thanks,

Howard

 

Howard Kramer
Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator
AT Conference Coordinator
Disability Services
CU-Boulder, 107 UCB
Boulder, Co  80309
303-492-8672

 

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