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Sorry about the error - please try the link from the list page http://dbweb.liv.ac.uk/ltsnpsc/summ3.asp . It will have been the length of the URL breaking up that caused a problem but this may work http://tinyurl.com/3cgmo for a direct link Best wishes EA -----Original Message----- From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Conway Sent: 07 May 2004 14:12 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Blind Chemistry student[Scanned] Please can we have the correct URL for the LTSN workshop? Dr John S Conway Principal Lecturer in soil science / Disability Officer Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Glos GL7 6JS 01285 652531 ext 2234 fax 01285 650219 http://www.royagcol.ac.uk/~john_conway/ email [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mrs E.A. Draffan Sent: 07 May 2004 13:52 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Blind Chemistry student[Scanned] There is going to be a LTSN workshop called "Supporting Students with Disabilities in the Physical Science" which includes Chemistry on 09/06/04 at Nottingham Trent University http://dbweb.liv.ac.uk/ltsnpsc/workshop/SupportingStudentsWithDisabiliti esIn ThePhysicalSciences.asp You may meet some experts there - TechDis and NDT will be on hand. Strathclyde Student Support Services may be able to offer advice http://www.strath.ac.uk/Departments/specneeds/snguide_blind.htm as they also have the Teachability Project - In the meantime here are some links that I have in my folder on the subject! In 1998 the Royal Society of Chemistry produced a Health and Safety document for those working in labs http://www.rsc.org/pdf/ehsc/disabled.pdf which is not a very exciting document but it does provide some provide some guidelines. The Teaching of Chemistry in a School for the Blind from the RNIB website - school based http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/visugate/public_te achs ci.hcsp#P154_81691 From USA Some tips from a student who studied chemistry in USA can be found at http://www.nfb.org/fr/fr8/frsf0210.htm Another case study can be found at http://pubs.acs.org/cen/education/8035/8035education.html Chemical Markup Language. A Position Paper. http://www.xml-cml.org/information/position.html The language that could be used for web based presentations Teaching chemistry to students with disabilities: a manual for high schools, colleges, and graduate programs http://www.enc.org/resources/records/full/0,1240,026104,00.shtm (links to a PDF file) I wonder if the Nat Centre for Tactile Diagrams have used the TAEVIS Tactile Diagram CD which has Chemistry as one of the subjects http://www.taevisonline.purdue.edu/Diagram_CD_subj.html There is an American list for all mail lists related to the subject of blindness called BLIST: The Comprehensive Index of Blindness-Related Emailing Lists http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/blist.html Best wishes EA Mrs E.A. Draffan Assistive Technologist Mobile Tel: 07976 289103 ________________________________ From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sue Green Sent: 07 May 2004 09:36 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Blind Chemistry student We have a blind student starting with us next year to do Chemistry. We're making all the usual investigations (Nat Centre for Tactile Diagrams etc) as it's a very visually-based subject and the bulk of info is presented diagrammatically. I just wondered if anyone had direct experience of the same situation that they'd be willing to share with me? Someone at the Tactile Diagrams place told us they'd only heard of one other blind student of Chemistry! Thanks, Sue The University of Birmingham Tel 0121 414 2897 email [log in to unmask]