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pc monitor with accessibility controls for brightness

I have severe Keratoconjunctivitis sicca (dry eye disease). New monitors often have have to use tiny controls for settings. Not good for us with RA.

Any recommendations? By the way, my healthy husband had trouble with the controls too.

Thanks, Lisa

  1. You bring up a great point, Lisa (). As our technology gets smaller and smaller, it's easy to forget that smaller doesn't always mean better, especially for populations that rely on certain features being accessible and easy to use. I hope some of our more tech savvy community members or members with more experience with this issue see your post and chime in. My go-to move is to ask a teenager for help (they seem to be the most informed on the newest features on phones and computers and the like), but if you don't have access to a teen, I actually thought this article had some helpful links you can check out -- https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/computerbasics/using-accessibility-features/1/. Some of the accessibility links will not be quite what you're looking for, but I hope some of the links offer you some helpful tips.


    I hope this helps! I frequently use my brightness settings on my laptop and I know how frustrating it would be if I couldn't easily adjust them when needed.


    Best, Erin, RheumatoidArthritis.net Team Member.

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