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If they only get access to a standard PC in the computer room rather than issued with laptops it does seem like you are possibly asking for more than everyone else.
How about talking to learning support and the IT techs and see if you can come to an agreement whereby if the large monitored PC is in use and there is another one free then you get priority and the person using it is asked to shift to the spare PC.
That way you get equal facilities as everyone else. Are you eligible for disabled students allowance? I guess not but it's worth checking.
No.
The email I got yesterday said I can use the compters in the library, which I can't use. They know I'm doing a computer course and that I'm visually impaired.
But I may not have access to it as and when I need it.
No.
EVen when youre entitled to something, it doesnt always mean they make it easy to get, so you just have to keep pushing if its something you feel you need to do your course properly.
I think the students union might be a good place to start
if I was that desparate for a new laptop, I'd save for one.
Squeal - it would be a waste of time saving up for one, as when I'm off to uni in 2009, they should buy me a laptop via disabled students allowance.
My mum pretty much said a similar thing.
I mentioned this to my dad today who wasn't too happy about it. He did suggest I try mum's laptop (17") but even with the ressolution changed, it makes no difference at all. Dad is going to get in touch with college and find out what's going on. They did suggest using the computers in the library, but they're only 15". According to them, if I use my yellow screen cover, I should have no problems.
Can you explain why this isn't the case?
Because the same resolution on one size screen should not affect the eyes differently to a larger screen as you're looking at effectively the same information!
you dont need a laptop
There's no way I can afford my own monitor and I don't see why I should have to.
I do need a laptop- if I don't have one then I would struggle to do personal study whilst in college, because I can't use their computers. (They know this) It would also be easier than trying to sort out the monitor at the start of every lesson.
Thank you.
why cant u use their computers?
bit further up, you said if you were desperate for a laptop, you'd save for one
if they dont provide you with one, and you need one, surely that'll make u desperate?
in which case a monitor would be chaper than a laptop tis all i was saying
would be better to ask for a monitor from them than a laptop, you stand more of a chance with getting it
a computer with a larger monitor would be suitable, its not the computer thats the problem, its the monitor
so ask for a monitor instead of a laptop!
you dont need a laptop, you need a 20" screen!
Under the disability laws, some people are entitled to things to help them acheive their potential as much as able bodied people, and in some cases that may be providing things like laptops or extra monitors, simple things that can lessen the disadvantage a bit. If theyre not going to buy her a laptop, i dont think theyll buy a monitor either, its not likely to be a case of them saying no because one is a few hundred more than the other IYKWIM, its likely them saying no because they want to try and get away with not getting her anything even if she actually is entitled to it
maybe, maybe not
maybe they have a certain amount to spend on such things and a monitor would be a reasonable request in comparison to that budget, where as a laptop wouldnt?
always worth asking
if they say no, then ya know its because they're trying to get away with not getting her anything
if she IS entitled to one, i doubt the college would refuse her one in the first place to be honest, because they know that she will go through other channels and get one anyways
As I've already stated, what's to stop other people using it and fucking around with the settings? That would mean having to spend at least 5 minutes each lesson sorting out.
They can apply for grants.
Why should people be fucking around with the settings?
What's to stop your laptop causing 5 minutes of delay each lesson. I know which one I think is more likely to cause hassle overall, and it ain't the monitor, it's the non-standard laptop computer that you disconnect and take with you.
Which would probably cover the purchase price, not the associated costs.
what settings? monitor settings? takes 1 min to sort out at most
we all had to do it in college when an idiot had been on it before us, fact of life really
Resolution, colour settings and background settings.
I use different settings to most people.
No matter what settings you use, I maintain that a laptop will cause a lot more issues over the course of a year than would a screen. Those issues directly equate to time lost, so your argument that a laptop is less hassle than a screen is invalid.
If you want a laptop, then say so, but you're going to have to come up with a better reason, to be honest.
Simply because it sounds like nonsense.
Unless there is specific information around the edge of the screen that she needs to take into her peripheral vision that can't be displayed on a smaller monitor (which the computer would resize anyway...), there should technically be no reason that something at the same resolution shouldn't be viewable on a slightly smaller screen when you're looking at it in the same way.
Anyway Melian, have you actually SEEN a 20" laptop? They are stupidly big and also stupidly heavy. I am sure you would soon tire of lugging it around, never mind the much slower startup times of laptops. That would surely affect your time management.
Watch this:
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/laptops/0,39029450,49284379,00.htm
Just far too big to really lug around, and unless you're strong, you'll be knackered.
Also, to show you £1200 is far higher than you need to go for a starting price:
http://www.twenga.co.uk/prices-Aspire-9815WKMi-ACER-Laptop-248041-0
and you're an expert on her specific eye condition?
He probably doesn't know what it is.:rolleyes: