Losing sight, not spirit KU administrator deals with recent vision loss
Getting through the day
Technology helps Chappell do her job as well — or better — than she ever did before
KU has provided Chappell with a variety of tools — including a fingerprint scanner and a special Bluetooth headset — to help her do her job.
Technology helps Chappell through the day
A variety of technologies, including scanners and special phones, help Mary Chappell do her daily work.
A headset allows Chappell to work her computer
A special Bluetooth headset allows Mary Chappell to give voice commands to her computer and then hear her computer read documents and e-mails to her.
Chappell maintains her spirit
With help from her friends, Mary Chappell continues to be active and do things that many would not expect a blind person to do.
An army of friends help Chappell when she needs them
One friend brings her to work every day. Her husband reads her things that can't be processed by her computer. A technology specialist from KU helps make adjustments to her office. Whenever Mary Chappell needs assistance, a friend is there to help.
21 May 2008 at 2:51 a.m.
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Multidisciplinary (Anonymous) says…
Pretty useless article for those who don't have sound.
How about written story?
21 May 2008 at 12:39 p.m.
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themiddlechild (Anonymous) says…
I wonder how JW report the story on an actual newspaper, did it have sound?
21 May 2008 at 12:43 p.m.
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user_name (Anonymous) says…
I wonder what purpose her glasses serve. Yeah it says she is legally blind which means she has come sight, but she has to use all these adaptive devices too…I was hoping it would explain more about what she can see if anything.
21 May 2008 at 12:44 p.m.
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domino (Anonymous) says…
I was so stoked to see this article –— until I realized you had to have sound! I wanted to have a close family friend check it out as she has lost almost all the vision in one eye from retinal problems - but the library she uses to have computer access does not have sound on their computers! Can't we have it in written form - it could be so much help to so many!!!
21 May 2008 at 12:44 p.m.
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Jonathan Kealing (Jonathan Kealing) says…
If you need a “word version” of this story, click on the first tab and you'll find the version of the story that ran in print. This is a multimedia project that includes a variety of media and components — only one of which is the traditional print story.
21 May 2008 at 2:58 p.m.
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1smuff (Anonymous) says…
A more detailed article came out in KU's staff paper, The Oread on March 24. Here is the link http://www.oread.ku.edu/2008/march/24/ch…
21 May 2008 at 6:49 p.m.
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themiddlechild (Anonymous) says…
I wonder what purpose her glasses serve.
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I know someone who is legally blind and wears glasses. He sees shadows. I wonder if this Mary person is the same way.
Based on her last name, I wonder if she has a daughter named Karen.
21 May 2008 at 8:32 p.m.
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jkealing (Jonathan Kealing) says…
If you need a “word version” of this story, click on the first tab and you'll find the version of the story that ran in print.
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I did that early this morning, but it sent me to the video. Maybe they changed it later.