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It feels so cozy to be cozying next to each other by the warmth of
the fireplace in our little den. Seymour told his paramour and wife
Lady Lynda. “Yes the crackling fire with its rich warm hues gives
off such sparkling delight. Esepecially when we slowly sip our jugs
pf Snickerdoodle tea. replied Mrs Toze. “It makes me want to make
you even more proud of me”. Seymour Toze slowly, warmly embraced
his mate. “How could I ever hold more pride? That talk you did on
accommodations for seriously visually impaired workers was so
thorough, informative and dare I say brilliant”. His partner
blushed. With her face as red as a cooked lobster, Lady Lynda
humbly thanked her husband.
“I started off with saying I wasn’t referring to people who were
merely nearsighted, medical term myopic where the right
prescription glasses was the only thing they needed. I meant
employees who were at the very least legally blind who needed much
more help in getting the bulk of their responsibilities
performed.
“its really impressive how blind people can be helped so much in
doing their work” exclaimed Seymour.
“Yes it is quite. But let’s move on. There’s much more to tell.”
replied Seymour’s wife” “I’m eager to learn more” Her husband
responded enthusiastically.
Next I’ll tell you about how to accommodate workers who were
either hard of hearing or deaf. This disability you mentioned was
much easier to deal with then the visually impaired since those
withearing\impairments can wear hearing aids.
Lady Lynda smiles proudly as she blithely continues discussing
innovative technology for low vision employees.
One such neat device is the eye controlled TD pilot mentioned Lady
Lynda. The device is geared toward people with limited mobility. It
is operated by a worker’s eye movements There’s a different way of
assisting employees with intermediate low vision. That is make
certain the print is large enough and the background contrasts well
enough with the text and illustrations if any. Some prefer a dark
background and some like a light background. Generally speaking one
shouldn’t generalize. Each way of doing things should be geared to
the individual. It depends on how much the person can see . For the
completely sightless there is voice control, listening devices. For
those with some vision there are ways for them to see by enlarging
texts, contrasting backgrounds as I mentioned earlier. For those
who use them a service dog for the blind is permitted in the work
space. As long as its well behaved and the other workers don’t feel
its a nuisance. The staff member utilizing the canine must show
proof the animal is part of a disability service. There are dogs
for other handicapped staffers but that’s another talk.