I
past the retake of my exam it was a pretty good evaluation, with the
screen reader I could indeed read the instructions independently as
many times as I liked. Although I began to get a little panicky
towards the end of the exam when I began to get tired it certainly
cut down on the normal anxiety that I feel when doing tests, and it
was more straightforward for me. I did not have to think about a
person sitting next to me looking over what I am doing. I feel very
pleased with the outcome however I still need a little bit of
practice with the technology I am using to make the best of what it
offers me.
I
have also been playing around with Google calendar and using it to
get focused on upcoming exams and the rest of the course, the
important thing is that the system I am designing in Enham I can take
with me when I leave so that I do not have two relearn or redevelop
things when I am in work or self-employment. And Lorraine of Enham
seems supportive and encouraging of the systems I am constructing and
what I am trying to do.
After
hearing some of my concerns about STEPS, Enham asked me to explain to
clients what STEPS does and what my concerns were, however I declined
this because I did not feel that I could take responsibility for a
program such as STEPS and what it might do to people with certain
cognitive issues. To begin with you need both diagnosis and treatment
to deal with cognitive problems. STEPS is simplicity itself in that
it is a therapy that diagnosis the same behaviour issues for
everybody furthermore gives them exactly the same treatment
unfortunately when you are dealing with certain individuals with
incredibly complex problems that approach seems to me lazy and
careless at best.
I also spoke to Steve
from Solvit Ltd he explained he would get on with the programming for
the 3-D plotter, and let me know what he finds this week as I was a
little worried about the speed of progress.
