Hi
Although I don't have personal experience of tried and tested solutions,
I would start by ensuring that the student has a lab assistant, employed
by the student from non-medical helpers allowance of the DSA, who could
be a post-grad student from the same discipline recruited within the
department. The student and assistant, with help from departmental
technicians, tutors and the college disability advice service could then
start exploring solutions. A good starting point might be the US based
EASI site - Equal Access to Software and Information. There is an
emphasis on exploring access to science and engineering issues amongst
the people involved and you might find some useful information.
http://www.rit.edu/~easi/easisem.html
Other possible solutions - well it depends on the level of useful vision
- but speech output thermometers do exist (Cobolt Systems), and it is
possible to make adjustments to the Eureka A4 (Technovision) or
Braille'n'Speak (Blaize Engineering) to make them into measuring
equipment.
Good luck, and please share your experiences with us all!
Ian Francis
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* From: Bernard Doherty
* To: [log in to unmask]
* Subject: Blind student in the lab
* Date: 23 November 1998 10:32
*
*
* Dear all
*
* We have a blind student here at APU who is in his second
* year of a Biological Sciences degree. We are having some
* difficulty in identifying specialist measuring equipment
* that would enable him to take a more active part in the
* experimentation. In particular, we would like to know if
* there is equipment that can be used with existing lab
* glass-ware.
*
* I know that this has come up before on dis-forum, but I
* could not find the relevant answers in the archive. All
* replies gratefully received.
*
* Regards, Bernard
* ----------------------
* Bernard Doherty
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