Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!oliveb!bunker!hcap!hnews!249!9.17!Bill.Higgins From: Bill.Higgins@p17.f9.n249.z1.fidonet.org (Bill Higgins) Newsgroups: misc.handicap Subject: Computing for the handicapped. Message-ID: <19040@bunker.isc-br.com> Date: 25 Apr 91 18:23:43 GMT Sender: wtm@bunker.isc-br.com Reply-To: Bill.Higgins@p17.f9.n249.z1.fidonet.org Organization: FidoNet node 1:249/9.17 - Net 249 EchoCoord, Kingston ON Lines: 46 Approved: wtm@bunker.hcap.fidonet.org Index Number: 15228 Hi Mark! In your msg to All, dated <15 Apr 91 16:22>, it said: MT> From: mjt@acd4.acd.com (Mark Teegarde) MT> Message-ID: <18476@bunker.isc-br.com> MT> Index Number: 14603 MT> 1. What are the needs of the handicapped who use computers? Mostly user friendly and more affordable. MT> 2. Who are the handicapped people who use computers? How are they MT> handicapped? What are their disabilities that make it harder to use MT> computers? (I don't just mean the mentally handicapped like me ) That's hard to answer. I myself am a 28 yr. old man with Cerebral Palsey. I'm able to do most anything with no or just a little help. My main goal right now is to get my consulting firm off of the ground. MT> 3. Just for us people who are ignorant of disabilities in general, MT> what kinds of things can my company do to make it easier for a MT> handicapped person to work here. Sure we have low-incline ramps where MT> necessary, rails in the restrooms and an elevator to get to the second MT> floor, but that is only enough to satisfy state regs for a new MT> building. What else is necessary to make work-life livable? Good and reliable transportation that is affordable. Restrooms that you can truly move in with the doors shut, workstations that a wheelchair can readly pull up to and be used with ease and comfort. Offices should also be set up so that wheelchairs can pass from one workstation to the other, with shared office equipment being set up so that the disabled worker can access them as well. If you'd like to consult with me please leave a note at the tag address (249/9.17) via echomail or call me M-F 9-5 EST @ (613) 548-3410. Bill -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!249!9.17!Bill.Higgins Internet: Bill.Higgins@p17.f9.n249.z1.fidonet.org