<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I had a student with the same challenges a few years ago. She couldn't control these involuntary movements that led to caving in the keyboard on a laptop twice as well as the impact damaging the dynamic hard drive in the system. I provided her with one of those inexpensive, flexible rubber external keyboards that if hit would likely not have such a horrible consequence either for the gear or her hands. Also got a solid state drive for the laptop.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I'd also been in contact with a vendor we didn't end up using, one that made extra durable metal keyboards like what you'd see on a kiosk that might be likely to be vandalized. Decided that her hitting an extra sturdy metal keyboard would only leave her more prone to injury so didn't go that route.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">So I'd lean towards getting inexpensive external gear that can both take impact and hold up while also not being too hard on the user with Tourette's.<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 6:49 AM, Nazely Kurkjian <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kurkjian@binghamton.edu" target="_blank">kurkjian@binghamton.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px">Good morning,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px">A student worker in the library self-identified to their supervisor as having Tourette Syndrome. This came up because there was a patron complaint about a student who was slamming a keyboard mouse to the desk every few minutes. The supervisor, before she knew about this student's disability, emailed her student staff asking if anyone knew about whether or not any keyboard mice were having issues. This student then told her it was him and explained why. He says he slams the mouse against the desk, not because it's not working, but he says he has no way of stopping it. It wasn't like this all semester, but it's more uncontrollable now. He's broken a mouse already, and she's concerned he'll break more/distract patrons in a library setting, but adds he's an amazing worker and she wants to find a possible solution to the slamming mice situation. She will ask if he's interested in doing other work in the library stacks, and not at the circulation desk, for now. He seems embarrassed by it and doesn't want the other student workers to know. I don't know if he's registered with our office..and I don't know if he has this slamming situation with other items he's holding in his hand. I wonder if using a laptop would be an appropriate solution. I really don't think I have enough details, but am curious at what possible solutions exist. I did see this <a href="https://www.enablemart.com/vivo-mouse" target="_blank">head tracker software</a>...</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px">Thank you in advance for you wisdom ~</div></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p><i><font color="#674ea7" face="georgia, serif" size="4">Nazely Kurkjian</font></i></p><div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><i><font color="#351c75" face="georgia, serif">"Shame on us... If we let the wonders of educational technology and broadband internet lead to more inequality as opposed to less"</font></i></span></div><div><font color="#351c75" face="georgia, serif"><i><br></i></font><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Adaptive Technology Specialist</span></font></div><div><font color="#38761d" face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="2">Binghamton University</font><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="2">Email: <a href="mailto:kurkjian@binghamton.edu" target="_blank">kurkjian@binghamton.edu</a></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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