[Athen] Your experiences accommodating students with combined physical and visual disabilities

[Doug Hayman]

Have you tried row-column scanning where the letters/words landed upon are
read aloud rather than needing to be seen?

Assume he is able to hear ok?

What are his best means of activating a switch?

On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 8:50 AM Deborah Armstrong <armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu>
wrote:


> I’ve been asked to look around for resources for accommodating a new

> student. He is severely visually impaired, so cannot use magnification. He

> is speech-impaired so cannot use Dragon. He is also physically limited,

> permanently reclined in a wheelchair.

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> We’ve served other students with these limitations but not usually one

> person with all these disabilities. For example, one of our students worked

> with JSay to more independently read, write and take exams.

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> The student’s counselor is concerned about him taking notes and tests,

> reading and participating in class.

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> I think I have the reading part figured out. The NLS player can be

> switch-controled and I have a puff and sip switch that will do the trick. I

> can convert any text-based book to play on the NLS player. Also it will

> play Learning Ally, which really helps.

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> But I don’t know of any augmentative communication device that can be used

> without vision, nor do I know of a hands-free recording device. You can of

> course use an iDEVICE with switch control but I don’t know how well

> VoiceOver would play with that.

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> I wish there was a clearing-house for this kind of information; does

> anyone know of one?

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> Here’s the info about what I do have:

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> Sip Puff Switch

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> http://www.orin.com/access/sip_puff/

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> (you can search the web for sip puff switches and find many competing

> brands)

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> Bite Switch

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> https://www.adaptivetechsolutions.com/bite-switch/

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> (also there are tongue switches and many competing brands to choose from)

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> NLS Digital talking book player:

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> https://www.loc.gov/nls/enrollment-equipment/equipment-needed-for-nls-materials/digital-audiobook-players/

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> --Debee

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Doug Hayman <dhayman at u <dhayman at u.washington.edu>w.edu>
Senior Computer Specialist
DO-IT Program (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, Technology)
UW Technology Services
Box 354842
Seattle, WA 98195
(206) 221-4165
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