Question for #blind people, particularly those who use both a #Braille display and a laptop, if you’re sitting at a desk and need to use both, how do you arrange them so using them both doesn’t kill your back? For context, I don’t have a desk since I usually work from bed, but sitting with my legs straight out in front of me hunched over my display and keyboard was hurting my legs and back, so I got two TV trays and an office chair and I’m using those. I have my Braille display and laptop both on one TV tray in front of me, with the Braille display in front of the laptop, but this means that if I need to use the laptop, I have to lean over my Braille display, so I’m still hurting my back. I’m working on my #BrailleTranscription course, so I have to use the laptop to type the exercises and drills. Also, I’m on a rug, so rolling the office chair between two TV trays isn’t an option. Is there anything I can do here to not hurt my back so much?
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@RareBird_15 @DavidGoldfield @mastoblind @main So three years ago, I popped a disc in my back. Painful in the extreme. What worked for me to minimize/eliminate the pain so I could still work was to lay on my back either on the bed or the floor with a pillow under my knees, under my lower back etc. then have the laptop with the cooling fan on my stomach and the Braille display in front of the laptop(around my sternum). Since I didn’t/don’t have to look at the screen, it turned out to be a very good solution. I was able to work on my computer with the display and answer and make calls to my subcontractors with no issues.