[AERNet] technology question

[nancymuldrew at comcast.net]

HI,
Have you tried a back pack to carry the laptop?
Is it too heavy or too much to carry?
Nancy Muldrew, TVI, Massachusetts
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nancymuldrew at comcast.net 
617-923-9215 
c-617-962-8285

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From: sstokes at lps.org 

> Happy New Year! 
> Quick question. 
> I am currently working with a H.S. student who has had several strokes. She has 
> been identified as deaf-blind and has started using a cane. No hearing in one 
> ear, mild loss in other ear, no vision in one eye and hemianopsia in other eye, 
> one half of body is effected so she has use of one arm and walks with a limp. 
> We have gotten her started with a laptop with zoomtext on it but we have run 
> into difficulties with her carrying the laptop home and climbing stairs. 
> Does anyone have suggestions of a way that she could get Zoomtext home to do 
> homework? The district is telling us she can't install the program at home. We 
> have talked about her using a memory stick to carry files. 
> Another program or device that is lighter and can be carried home and around 
> school? She is very visual so a braille notetaker did not work. 
> Thanks in advance 
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