I work as an equipment/tech advisor for disabled students, and I only make suggestions after spending time with my students. And often it's a case of one or two things to TRY and I make it very clear that if something I suggest doesn't work for them, that they know themselves better than I do. I am merely knowledgeable in one area and they are knowledgeable in another and our meeting is to bring those two together.
Often I will say "I am wary about X for reason Y" and sometimes I am right, and sometimes I am wrong. I try to be as honest about my concerns and think about their spoons for new stuff and whatever situation they are in.
I do wish there were more opportunities for disabled people to visit disability/assistance centres. I was taken to one by an occupational therapist of mine as a teen and it was really interesting as well as 50% utterly crap. Some stuff I could see being useful for some people but a lot had been designed by people paternalistically thinking they knew all about disability innit and had missed really crucial things out.
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I work as an equipment/tech advisor for disabled students, and I only make suggestions after spending time with my students. And often it's a case of one or two things to TRY and I make it very clear that if something I suggest doesn't work for them, that they know themselves better than I do. I am merely knowledgeable in one area and they are knowledgeable in another and our meeting is to bring those two together.
Often I will say "I am wary about X for reason Y" and sometimes I am right, and sometimes I am wrong. I try to be as honest about my concerns and think about their spoons for new stuff and whatever situation they are in.
I do wish there were more opportunities for disabled people to visit disability/assistance centres. I was taken to one by an occupational therapist of mine as a teen and it was really interesting as well as 50% utterly crap. Some stuff I could see being useful for some people but a lot had been designed by people paternalistically thinking they knew all about disability innit and had missed really crucial things out.