Greetings All:
I would like to thank you all for your very helpful suggestions. I greatly appreciate your assistance. Have a great rest of the week.
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Terry A. Martin
VOILA Technology, Inc. -- President
54 Castle Road
Rochester, NY 14623
Phone: (585) 321-1451 *** NEW AREA CODE IS 585 ***
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From: John Elmer
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Hey,
I have not had to deal with this issue for a few years, so my info may be out of date, but.........
I understand that monitor manufacturers have attempted to deal with the "flicker" issue by adjusting their refresh rates. Also, I understand that LCD/Plasma screens don't present the same issues.
I am not sure what you mean by changing geometric images, but there are lots of computer based jobs that are large text based in terms of job responsibilities.
Of course, the best thing to do would be to get an up-to-date neurologist involved.
We in the helping professions can know a lot, but never as much as a neurologist who keeps upon this stuff.
John Elmer
Ventura College
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I apologize if someone has already replied to this posting:
Some people who have epilepsy have been known to suffer from “photosensitive epilepsy” – this means that flickering images or changing geometric patterns on a computer screen could trigger a seizure. There are several ways you can try to reduce the risk of an epileptic seizure for someone who is photosensitive, however, I wonder if there might not be another placement opportunity for this client that would avoid computers altogether (and thus any liability on your part)?
Catherine Newman
MLIS Student
Universityof Denver
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Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 12:16 PM
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Subject: Need some help please.
Greetings All:
I would greatly appreciate any assistance and or advice you could offer. Here is my situation. I have a client who suffers from epilepsy. He also has Asperger Syndrome. He is very intelligent. My agency is trying to place him in a work situation, however, we are having problems due to his seizures. The seizures range in severity, right from mild to drop seizures.
Our agency has found a possible position that we believe he can handle as long as the correct safeguards are in place. Here are my questions.
1. I may need to construct a safe workstation. I will need to install a fair amount of padding on his computer workbench. Is there any place in the US that specializes in this kind of padding or should I just go to the local hardware to find what I need?
2. In order to protect him from serious injury, I feel that I should request that he wear a high-impact helmet like a hockey helmet. Is there a better solution out there? He does lose consciousness when he has his seizures, especially when he has drop seizures. Should I also request a face mask? He will be working on computers for his entire shift.
3. I have heard from other sources that they heard that there are dogs now that can be trained to sense the change in body chemistry and help alert the owner that a seizure is on the way. Is this true? If it is, how successful have these dogs been? How reliable?
4. Is there anything else that you might be able to offer? Any advice or techniques or best practices that I can put into place?
Thank you so much for your assistance. =