Pelatihan Penggunaan Aplikasi Screen Reader JAWS Bagi Tunanetra Untuk Meningkatkan Kemampuan Dalam Pengelolaan Administrasi

Salah satu permasalahan yang dihadapi Perkumpulan Penyandang Disabilitas Indonesia (PPDI), Dewan Pengurus Cabang (DPC) Kota Semarang yakni terbatasnya media dan prasarana untuk mendukung kegiatan belajar mereka dalam mengoperasikan komputer serta tingkat perekonomian yang hanya cukup untuk memenuhi kebutuhan hidup, meraka pun belum sepenuhnya paham dalam perkembangan teknologi hingga sampai saat ini semua masih diolah dalam bentuk manual yakni melaporkan dengan lisan dan dengan cara mengingat. Untuk mengatasi permasalahan tersebut, pengabdian ini mengusulkan untuk mengadakan pelatihan penggunaan Job Access with Speech (JAWS) bagi para tuna netra. Pengabdian dilakukan dengan mengajarkan penggunaan dasar keyboard yang didukung oleh aplikasi JAWS dan pengetahuan dasar Microsoft Excel.

Gaining Access to Providing Medical Care to Male Sport Teams: The Female Athletic Trainer Perspective

Context: Female athletic trainers (ATs) can face barriers to employment within the profession. Although there is evidence for an increasing percentage of women in athletic training, the portion providing medical care to male sport teams within the professional sport and collegiate settings continues to be small. Objective: To investigate the experiences of female ATs when seeking employment with male sport teams within the Division I setting. Design: Qualitative study. Setting: National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I. Patients or Other Participants: A total of 15 NCAA Division I female ATs providing medical care to a male sport team participated in our study. Their mean age was 33 ± 9 years, and they had a mean of 11 ± 9 years of overall clinical experience. Data Collection and Analysis: All participants completed one-on-one phone interviews, which were recorded and transcribed. Analysis of the data followed thematic analysis using a phenomenologic approach. Credibility was established through credibility checks, peer review, and researcher triangulation. Results: Factors that played a role in women gaining employment with male sport teams were (1) preexisting professional relationships, (2) prior experience with a male sport, and (3) perseverance. Participants in our study were most attracted to their current positions because of (1) the environment of the collegiate setting and (2) the location of the university. Conclusions: Job access for female ATs in this study was not viewed as a challenge. Familiarity through previous connections with the university and staff and commitment to career goals helped these women obtain the positions they held. The desire to work in male sports was not a primary contributing factor to the decision-making process. Progress continues for women in athletic training, as evidenced by the reported ease of job access with male sport teams.