Re: [Fed-Talk] Can a Mac Book Air Be Requested as Reasonable Accommodation for a Disability?
Re: [Fed-Talk] Can a Mac Book Air Be Requested as Reasonable Accommodation for a Disability?
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] Can a Mac Book Air Be Requested as Reasonable Accommodation for a Disability?
- From: Joel Esler <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:41:21 -0400
From what it looks like, the form factor isn't as big of a factor as
the Accessibility options that OSX provides.
J
On Mar 19, 2008, at 3:46 PM, Mensch, Henry wrote:
Well, Lenovo has an ultraportable that rivals the Macbook Air ...
info on
that here:
http://www.lenovo.com/news/us/en/2008/02/x300.html?ipromoID=wna00193&
You should probably be prepared when they ask why one of these
(which does
run Windows) won't meet your need.
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Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 4:52 AM
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Subject: [Fed-Talk] Can a Mac Book Air Be Requested as Reasonable
Accommodation for a Disability?
I am trying to justify getting a MacBook Air at my (Army) office
because I
bought myself a MacBook Pro for home and noticed that it is much more
accessible friendly. I'm wondering if I can justify it at all, and
if so,
as a reasonable accommodation? See below for details.
Reason for denial so far...DOIM/IMO isn't prepared to support Macs.
Only
Windows.
My reasons for request:
Mac because the built-iin speech program and built-in enlargement/zoom
program are much easier to use than Windows for my low vision
problems.
MacBook Air because it is the lightest Mac made. Because I also have
mobility issues, the light weight will allow me to carry the MBA in
one arm
while using a cane with the other. Because of the nature of my
vision
problem (I need as much light as possible) and the cubicle I'm in
only has
one window, this will also allow me to take the computer with me to
the
library where there is much more light to work.
Mac laptop rather than other accommodation tools (on Windows,
plugged into
present computer, etc.), because all of those are much more
cumbersome and
expensive than the MBA (approx $1,000). Any exernal accommodation
equipment
on my present equipment would be useless to anyone else. Anyone
could use
the MBA if anything happens to me (it can just be passed to the next
employee who may or may not choose to use the accessibility features
built
in).
Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.
Paul
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