NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/misc/handicap/9049

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From: [e-mail] (Mike Everly)
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Subject: Need Insights
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Date: 25 Jan 93 14:49:06 GMT
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Hello everyone;

I have been lurking in the shadows of this echo for some time now,
and I have even answered a few posts directly.  Now I think it is
time to come out of the shadows to say hello to everyone and to ask
my first question.

I am 29 years old and partially sighted.  I have always walked a
fine line between working "normally" in the sighted world and
having to find alternate ways of doing things to compensate for my
low vision in doing my studies/work.

In September of 1991 I completed a Ph.D. in chemistry.  Since this
time I have been working in another laboratory doing research here
at Purdue University in Indiana.  My problem is that this type of
profession requires a great deal of reading and skimming of
literature.  I find that I am having difficulty keeping up with
this ever increasing reading load.  I have tried readers in the
past, but it is very difficult to get people that have the
technical background needed to read such materials.  I would
greatly like to hear from others with similar reading
loads/professions to find out how you have met this challenge.

Sincerely;

    Mike

R. Michael Everly, Ph.D.

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