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: "Villano, Paul Ch CIV USA TRADOC" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:32:40 -0400
- Priority: normal
Exactly. Size is secondary, though still a consideration.
Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: Joel Esler <email@hidden>
Date: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 20:41
Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] Can a Mac Book Air Be Requested as Reasonable Accommodation for a Disability?
To: "Mensch, Henry" <email@hidden>
Cc: "Villano, Paul Ch CIV USA TRADOC" <email@hidden>, email@hidden
> 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.
> >
> > --
> > Henry Mensch / Storage Manager
> > Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
> > VA Medical Center, San Francisco CA USA
> > v: +1.415.221.4810 x2466 / f: +1.415.668.2864
> > e: email@hidden
> > w: http://www.cind.research.va.gov/
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: fed-talk-bounces+henry.mensch=email@hidden
> > [mailto:fed-talk-bounces+henry.mensch=email@hidden] On
> > Behalf Of
> > Villano, Paul Ch CIV USA TRADOC
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 4:52 AM
> > To: email@hidden
> > 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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