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Actually, tech questions about sweat come up a lot on gaming sites (which I am forced to research for purely professional reasons, obviously). Just today, I read a review of yet another mouse with fan: http://www.homelanfed.com/index.php?id=23857 The idea that electricity and moisture should be kept apart is sound, but manufacturers have long been able to offer solutions. Regards, Bernard Bernard Doherty Assessor East Anglia Regional ACCESS Centre Anglia Polytechnic University East Road Cambridge CB1 1PT 01223 363271 x2534 [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Katy Mann" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 10:33 PM Subject: What qualifies as a disability? > I'm wondering if anybody has come across this before. A student > has just contacted me saying she thinks she has a disability as she > has hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating on her hands and feet) which > makes writing difficult. > > She claims that she can't take medication for this because of the > side effects and there is no operation for it. I know this is not the > case as there is an operation which is usually 98% effective on > curing the problem, at least on the hands. > > On the basis of this condition does anyone think she would be > eligible for the DSA. My feeling it that it is highly unlikely, and, even if > it were, apart from the recommendation for pens with rubber grips > on them, any technical equipment is unlikely to be of any use as if > the problem is that bad she could end up short circuiting it! > > In terms of any in house support that we have available, again, I > don't think anything would be of particular benefit apart from perhaps > the provision of a Scribe in exams but I think that even this in > circumspect. > > While I recognise that it is an unpleasant condition to have to live > with my feeling is that she is chancing her arm..or am I just too > cynical... > > I would be very interested to hear what other people think. > > Katy >