[access-uk] Re: first day at work placement
- From: "Carol Pearson" <carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 11:04:33 +0100
This is proving an interesting thread . . ..
Justin, I suggest you make up a list of the things you have done that
you feel able to do and then a list of the things that, perhaps, you'd
like to do (hopefully a learning curve). Finally, be sure to try to
explain to those who give you the work why it's proving
difficult/impossible so that they know you're trying . . ..
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Carol
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: first day at work placement
Justin
Andrew's comments are of a more practical nature than those of mine
which follow.
Try to be pro-active and positive without being too self-effacing.
The end result may be a job for you, but in the worse case you can be an
advocate and show to your temporary colleagues that visual impairment is
a huge inconvenience with hurdles to overcome rather them be barriers.
Being overtly V.I. May build barriers.
Overall, continue to be positive and learn from their and your own
experiences.
a little saying which I much like is:
'their is nothing that is a problem, just an inconvenience which needs
to be resolved!'
David
In message <6FFFA2776017EB4DB8FCBD7597953E8D040E2B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
org>, Andrew Hodgson <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
>Justin,
>
>That is really a sensible project to give a VI person, poster
>designing. At least when I did work placement at Worcestershire, I was
>given networking stuff to do (a lot more than I actually get at my paid
>job). A couple of points:
>
>1. If doing poster design etc, you really could do with a bigger
>monitor, though that much is obvious. When I was at Worcestershire,
>they gave me a 21 CRT monitor, which I never really used. Bet you
>could do with that eh? I now have a 17 inch flat pannel monitor, again
>not 100% useful, but this is the first time I have seen someone
>provided with such a small screen.
>
>2. There is a definate issue re VI people turning up to a computer,
>and trying to work out what another person has done with the sound
>settings. This made our access tech machines unusable without some
>sight at first at uni, and I suspect this will be an issue for a long
>time to come. The issue is there are so many ways of disabling/shutting
>up the sound card, especially when at uni you have to plug in the
>headphones in specific ports due to security cabinets surrounding the
>computer case, and the volume controls for those ports (on the
>monitors) being controled by an on-screen display on the monitor!
>
>Andrew.
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