Dear Paul.
Writing from a University with over 100 faculties and departments and over 100 libraries we have experience of providing and moving ergonomic furniture around.
I'll try and answer your queries within the text below:
1) If a student has been recommended a particular chair for home use in their needs assessment - do you try to purchase the same chair for use at university if there is not already one available? (Very
expensive!)
Yes we would look to get the Faculty or the Library or College to mirror provision. We're lucky that there's a good stock within the University that we can locate to meet the needs of the student concerned so this is a necessity on only a few occasions and we have got a good local supplier as well as the usual suspects. As the Access to Work Changes mean chairs fall under employer responsibility we've been working with procurement here to get deals.
2) How do you manage the movement of chairs when the student has a
timetable that involves many room changes? (and who is responsible for
the moving?) The Department or Library concerned organise this (albeit reluctantly in very few cases). Room timetabling can avoid many moves. The only time we have to put a chair in the back of a cab is around exam time in moving chairs to exam halls.
3) How do you prevent other people (staff & students) taking your
chairs for their own use?
We put big signs on saying reserved (for name or 'student with disability') which seems to do the trick on bright laminated card draped over the headrest.
I have lugged the odd chair around Oxford but in the main its handled by the student's library or department.
Hope that's useful.
Pete
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Subject: Purchasing and moving ergonomic chairs on campus
Hi
I was wondering how disability units at other universities approach
the question of provision of ergonomic chairs on campus. Specifically:
1) If a student has been recommended a particular chair for home use
in their needs assessment - do you try to purchase the same chair for
use at university if there is not already one available? (Very
expensive!)
2) How do you manage the movement of chairs when the student has a
timetable that involves many room changes? (and who is responsible for
the moving?)
3) How do you prevent other people (staff & students) taking your
chairs for their own use?
Any suggestions/anecdotes gratefully received.
Paul Loader
Disability and Dyslexia Support
London South Bank University
0207 815 6403
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Peter Quinn
Head of Disability Advisory Service and Interim Head of Equality and Diversity
University of Oxford
View the University's first Disability Equality Scheme( DES), the 2009 revised DES and 2007 & 2008 Annual Reports at http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/eop/disab/des.shtml
T. +44 01865 289840
F. +44 01865 289830
E. [log in to unmask]
W. www.admin.ox.ac.uk/eop/
Post and Visitors (by appointment only): to 2 Worcester Street, Oxford OX1 2BX (Map and streetview at http://tinyurl.com/DASphotoandmap)
Level / Lift access throughout. Hearing Support System in meeting room/ Automatic doors at main entrance and throughout.
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