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I have been experimenting with a TomTom one with someone I assessed for Access to Work and it seems to be working well but as I mentioned to Emma Wright, I think it is a case of reading a few forums and reviews before dipping a toe in the water of GPS. One such forum is http://www.globalpositioningsystems.co.uk/tomtom-go-300-reviews.html or http://www.pocketgps.co.uk/ - http://navcity.co.uk/catalog/index.php Zdnet often have full reviews http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/handhelds/0,39023880,39192121,00.htm It is important to look at comments from UK sites as the maps really need to be the latest otherwise you can end up in Liverpool instead of South Manchester! Said with feeling! The buttons can also be a bit small on some handheld devices and not lit up in the dark! Best Wishes E.A. Mrs E.A. Draffan Assistive Technologist Mobile: 07976 289103 http://www.emptech.info -----Original Message----- From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Conway Sent: 12 November 2005 10:43 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Sat nav through DSA Just to lob in a bombshell.............. what about an EP who writes a "conversational letter" saying the student is dyslexic having administered WAIS but quotes NO supporting data nor evidence - and of course the student [two of them in fact] are refused for "lack of evidence" [having spent £350 of course!] And for my own benefit, can any of you needs assessors recommend a good SatNav system as I'm thinking of buying one for myself [no known disabilities - just fed up of reading maps] John Dr John S Conway Principal Lecturer / Chair, Research Committee Royal Agricultural college, Cirencester, Glos GL7 6JS 01285 652531 fax 01285 650219 http://www.royagcol.ac.uk/~john_conway ________________________________ From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. on behalf of Michael Trott Sent: Sat 12/11/2005 08:59 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Sat nav through DSA Jeff, You are rare among EP's in being closely involved in the DSA from various perspectives and in your engagement in this forum and NADO. I do not believe your fellow EPs are as aware of the DSA as yourself. Neither do I believev that they are aware of the way in which this relatively new audience for their reports - LEA awards officers and assessors - would find it helpful to have information presented. You say SKILL have covered this but how many EPs are aware of SKILL itself. If the SKILL Guidance covers the requirements then we need to get that in front of your fellow EPs. Mick Trott In a message dated 11/11/05 22:00:25 GMT Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: << Mick To answer your comments on both forums ... The issue with the LEA that is refusing is that THEY do not understand the needs of students AND seem not to have read the guidance available to them. It is clearly nonsense to presume that dyslexia is the only diagnosable condition of any relevance. Also, I would suggest that the misuse of EP reports is as likely to be because of a lack of understanding about current diagnostic thinking in the administrators as because the EPs are misinformed about HE provision. We already have almost clear guidance in the form of the working party report and the SKILL Handbook. (Neither of which is entirely consistent with itself but both of which point to a widening of thinking about the Specific Difficulties that so frequently are assumed to equate directly to dyslexia and are not always described with sufficient specificity. jeff In your message regarding Re: Sat nav through DSA dated Fri, 11 Nov 2005 15:25:49 EST, Michael Trott said that ... > Often the EP report lacks the supporting information one requires for > anything 'outside the normal provision'. > I had a similar request for Sat Nav from a social work student but could find > no reference to any sort of spacial problem in the EP report. > I had a chat with an Ed Psych today who does lots of reports for students and > he was completely unaware of how his reports were used. Like many other Ed > Psychs he was writing his reports as if they were for school aged students. > Recommending laptops and teaching strategies that just are not going to be > provided in HE. > There is a discussion going on on the NADO list of which some of us may be > aware abiout an LEA who will not agree to a DSA award because the report does > not say say the student has dyslexia but describes other difficulties. > It would be really useful if a guide could be prepared for Ed Pyschs > conducting reports for DSA applicants. I am sure that most EPs would be only > too happy > to revise their presentation. > Mick Trott >> -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.12.8/166 - Release Date: 10/11/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.12.8/166 - Release Date: 10/11/2005