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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>I would suggest the signage mirror what is typically on a bus rather than a parking lot. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Accessible parking is for permit holders only. On buses in front where the seats fold up to make room for a wheelchair and where the driver can provide assistance to riders with other disabilities if needed is a sign that typically reads You may be asked to move from this seat to provide access for individuals with disabilities. So an access symbol and something like This workstation is loaded with adaptive software, you may be asked to change workstations in order to provide access. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The policy should be that someone not needing the unique features of the workstation would move to an open station. If none were open they would continue to work and the individual with the need would wait for a station to open. At that point the person at the accessible workstation moves and the individual with a disability goes to the now vacant accessible station. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Paul E. Paire<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 21, 2012 2:41 PM<br><b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu)<br><b>Subject:</b> [Athen] accessible workstation signs in computer labs?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We’re in the process of writing up standards for computer labs, and the question was raised “Is it accessible to designate which workstations are the accessible workstations, just like is done in parking lots?”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Some accessibility software is in the base image, so a student can go to any workstation in the lab and use items like ZoomText and Read&Write Gold. However, some software/hardware is workstation specific. Is it acceptable to have a sign (international symbol) to indicate the workstations with AT on them? Would it be better to have some other indication (a universal indicator across all computer labs such as an orange dot on the monitor and a tactile marker on the corner of the desk), so that the people with disabilities would know which workstations have AT on them, but it wouldn’t necessarily be obvious to other students?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’d appreciate your response.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-Paul<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>