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. >** Going on holiday and want to halt messages? Send a message to:- >** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >** and in the Subject line type >** vacation ## d >** where ## is the number of days followed by d for days. >** For other things like digest mode, send a message, to >** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq -- David W Wood ** Going on holiday and want to halt messages? Send a message to:- ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** vacation ## d ** where ## is the number of days followed by d for days. ** For other things like digest mode, send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq