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By KELLY C. THOMAS
Assistant news editor
A very serious and only recently
recognized crime will be discussed
Feb. 2 during a teleconference to be
held in the Belk Auditorium of the
Business Administration building.
It's called acquaintance or date
rape, and it strikes as many as one in
five women on college campuses
across the nation.
The teleconference, which will be
seen live at about 160 universities
across the United States and in
Canada, will originate from the
University of Georgia.
It will suggest ways to prevent acquaintance/date
rape and show how
several people have dealt with their
personal experiences.
One of the key speakers will be
Auburn psychology professor Barry
Burkhart, who has vdone extensive
research on victimization and sexual
agression.
Clair Walsh, director of the Sexual
Assault Recovery Service at the
University of Florida, will also
speak. Walsh has developed Campus
Organized Against Rape at UF.
Also featured will be statements
from victims and offenders in acquaintance/date
rape cases.
Computers
simulating engineering models for
those who cannot use their hands to
draw or write ? they also have builtin
barriers.
A student in a wheelchair often
can't get close enough to reach the
keyboard. A deaf student can't hear
the reminder or warning sounds com
puters make. The blind can't see a
computer screen, and those with
limited use of hands or fingers don't
have the manual dexterity normally
required to put information into a
computer with a keyboard or mouse.
Students who need to use computers,
but believe they have an impairment
that would prevent this or
make it difficult can now come to
CECA, Morton said.
The center has solutions giving
anyone with any type of disability ?
from spinal cord injury, muscular
dystrophy, cerebral palsy, hearing or
visual impairments to arthritis or
even the temporary inconvenience of
a sprained wrist ? an equal opportunity
with their peers to operate a
computer, he said.
Software can enlarge on-screen
text to ease eye-strain and aid the
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"We're offering a start,
a model, an idea."
VGA conference coordinator
David Fisher
A telephone will be available so
that viewers at USC can participate
in the conference ? giving their ideas
and having their questions answered.
After the conference, USC Health
Educator Lisa Zucker and Lyn
Phillips from the Rape Crisis Network
will be on hand in the Belk
Auditorium to answer participants'
questions.
UGA conference coordinator
David Fisher called date rape "an exceptional
problem that has only
recently been discovered. Now we
know it's a very prevalent thing.
"We're offering a start, a model,
an idea," he said. "The bottom line
benefit is if the subject gets publicized
it can automatically incite a group
to organize and fight the problem on
your campus as has been done on
other campuses."
The program is free, but participants
must reserve a space by contacting
the Division of Student Affairs
at 777-4172 by Monday.
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visually impaired and can permit
combination keystrokes to be executed
with one hand instead of
pressing the keys simultaneously with
two.
Some programs speed input:
macros let you hit one key to type a
whole word or phrase; and the
Chubon keyboard, developed by
Robert Chubon of the Department of
Educational Psychology, has the
most frequently used keys in the
center.
CECA has keyguards, special
keyboards and programs to prevent
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those with limited manual dexterity.
Stands adjust the height of monitors
for students in wheelchairs. Tables
and seating are evaluated to help prevent
fatigue.
For the blind or severely visually
impaired, CECA has a voice synthesizer
that reads on-screen text and
will soon have a Braille printer.
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disabled students may be at a
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departments, a portable computer
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cerebral palsy who cannot speak to
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It will be programmed with
common words and phrases in
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special needs, provide free of charge
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disabilities registered with Disabled
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many others with visual or hearing
impairments and minor disabilities,
particularly mature students not
listed with DSS, whom the Center
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DSS can refer you, or you can
call Tom Morton direct at 777-7840
for an appointment.
enhance the standard computers in
their own colleges and train them to
use the computers, word processing,
spreadsheet, database or other applications
used in their disciplines.
When they no longer need the
enhanced applications, students will
return them to CECA to be used
again when needed.
USC is on the leading edge in this
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support of USC, the academic computer
operations directors here are
very open to the concept and CECA
completed initial research ahead of
schedule.
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it."
He emphasized students taking the
initiative. "Most of the students with
disabilities at USC are very intelligent
and motivated. They've overcome a
lot. If they are willing to try, we can
make any student with any disability
competitive in the use of computers,"
he said.
The goal is for students to achieve
their college's regular standards, he
said. "If you're typing with one
finger or one hand or a mouthstick,
25 words a minute is almost at the
level non-disabled people do, and
comes close to journalism's standard
requirement of 30 words per
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write papers for them. They'll be able
to type themselves," Morton said.
Ultimately it enhances
employability, he added. "They'll be
competitive in business, where just
about every graduate is going to have ;
to use a computer some time. Our
goal is for everyone to be able to
count on the high-level skills of all \
USC graduates."
CECA is also working with USC
colleges, state government, state
schools for severely disabled
children, parent organizations and
Vocational Rehabilitation to bridge
the gap between those knowledgeable
about disabilities and those with the
engineering and technical know-how
to assist them. Morton is seeking a
federal grant to help fund CECA's
work.
With services such as CECA and
the Transitional Living Center,
USC's facility for severely disabled
students, Morton said USC has the
potential to become nationally and
internationally known for its services
for students with disabilities.
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