My point exactly - but it was turned down as "unprofessional"
Hasten to add that as a College we do support the use of any appropriate
technology / adjustment for a student - but it seems difficult when
employers appear to object.
Dr John S Conway FGS FRGS MNADP FHEA
Disability Officer / Principal Lecturer in Soil Science / Chair,
Research Committee
Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Glos GL7 6JS
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Gerard Conroy
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Subject: Re: student "must be able to write"
I would have thought that completely against the DDA, certainly the
spirit
of it. With voice recognition technology the organisation has no case to
put.
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Subject: student "must be able to write"
I've been advised that a professional body that typically employs some
of our graduates specifies that they must be physically able to write /
type. I said surely that would imply being able to communicate even if
this was via a typist or technology but apparently not.
Surely such a rigorous interpretation [if true] of "writing" is not
within the DDA ???
John
Dr John S Conway FGS FRGS MNADP FHEA
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