RE: [Fed-Talk] Can a Mac Book Air Be Requested as ReasonableAccommodation for a Disability?
RE: [Fed-Talk] Can a Mac Book Air Be Requested as ReasonableAccommodation for a Disability?
- Subject: RE: [Fed-Talk] Can a Mac Book Air Be Requested as ReasonableAccommodation for a Disability?
- From: "Luigart, Craig B." <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:31:50 -0400
- Thread-topic: [Fed-Talk] Can a Mac Book Air Be Requested as ReasonableAccommodation for a Disability?
I can personally say (as a service connected disabled quadraperigic)
that weight while retaining a full sized keyboard and versatile track
pad is important and this is an element of accessibility.
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[mailto:fed-talk-bounces+craig.luigart=email@hidden] On Behalf
Of David Hale
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 8:55 AM
To: email@hidden
Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] Can a Mac Book Air Be Requested as
ReasonableAccommodation for a Disability?
Paul,
Great timing. Did you check out the Accessibility podcast link I sent
last night? It goes into great detail about all of the accessibility
features we build into the OS X.
I think your justifications below make a lot of sense. Is the DOIM
saying you can't get a Mac or that you can't put it on the network?
On Mar 19, 2008, at 7:52 AM, Villano, Paul Ch CIV USA TRADOC wrote:
> 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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