Hi
The rooms in your student accomodation won't have been refurnished with 
wifi. A wireless network might have been installed in or close to the 
student block, but this won't have required any modifications to individual 
rooms. Moving rooms probably won't reduce exposure to wireless network 
signals,  unless you have accomodation that is located far enough from the 
router that doesn't allow access to the wireless network.

There is no evidence to connect CFS with sensitivity to electromagnetic 
emissions. However, CFS is still a syndrome that is diagnosed only when all 
other possibilities are discounted, so it's not really an exact science. 
Some people report being able to identify when a wireless router is switched 
on and off by changes to mood, memory, headaches etc. These aren't people 
diagnosed with CFS.

If the student really is sensitive to electromagnetic emissions, maybe you 
could first explore whether it's the wireless network causing the problem, 
by arranging for all wireless routers to be switched off for short periods 
at random times of the day during a test period, and asking the student to 
keep a diary of how she is feeling at various times in the day.

Other sources of electromagnetic emissions might need to be explored. 
Cordless digital phones should be removed. Proximity to national grid power 
cables, mobile phone masts, FM radio transmitters might need to be taken 
into account.

Maybe there are other problems with the room that make the student feel 
uncomfortable. It might just be easier to allow the student to switch rooms 
to a location where she feels she will be more comfortable. I don't think 
the student can insist she is moved to another room unless she provides 
medical evidence that confirms she is sensitive to the particular level and 
frequency of signals present in her current room.

Hope this helps
Ian Francis








----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pam Owen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 12:12 PM
Subject: Wifi


> Hi
>
> Just wondered whether anyone had encountered problems with sensitivity to
> electromagnetic emissions especially from mobile phones and computers? A 
> lot
> of our rooms have recently been refurnished with wifi and the individual
> concerned has CFS with sensitivity to electromagnetic emissions. After a
> short time in the room she becomes unwell.  The obvious reasonable
> adjustment is to move rooms,  but it would be interesting to know if 
> anyone
> else has experience of this type of situation.
>
>
>
> Pam Owen
>
> Disability Adviser (Staff Development)
>
> Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College
>
> 01494 603098
>
> Email: [log in to unmask]
>
>
>
>


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