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Article #10724How should I say this?
From: Christine Gregory
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 16:06
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 16:06
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Index Number: 27467 OK, maybe I'm being a little paranoid here, but I'm having a little trouble wording this... In our lab, there is one workstation whose carrel height is adjusted to clear the arms of a wheelchair. (Which makes it too tall for the "regular" chairs, but about right to stand at.) There is also a removable keyboard guard for use with a head rod. (Prevents the rod from hitting between keys.) I want to put a short notice in the console login prompt (can be more than one line) saying that handicapped users should be allowed priority on this workstation (though, unlike a handicap parking space, others may use it as well.) My first try came out something like: This workstation's height has been adjusted for wheelchair use -- please allow those users priority on this machine. But somehow, that just doesn't sound quite right, and any use of "handicap(ped)" or "wheelchair" as an adjective sounds very awkward... Any advice??
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!portal!lll-winken!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!olivea!bunker!sheldev.shel.isc-br.com!wtm From: cgregory@cs.uiuc.edu (Christine Gregory) Newsgroups: misc.handicap Subject: How should I say this? Message-ID: <27467@handicap.news> Date: 20 Jan 93 16:06:50 GMT Sender: news@bunker.shel.isc-br.com Reply-To: cgregory@cs.uiuc.edu (Christine Gregory) Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Lines: 22 Approved: wtm@hnews.fidonet.org Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com