[blindlaw] Work place accommodation's

[Susan Kelly]

Is there an ADA coordinator / liaison at the college?  I work for a county public defender office, and the ADA liaison assigned to our segment of the county administration (the agencies are separated into different sub-groups) has been a great help in getting things done for me and other blind employees in our counterpart prosecutor office.  Many times, it seems that government-based agencies misunderstand the effect that budget and hiring freexes have on federal and state ADA requirements, and believe that such prevents them providing reasonable, effective accomodations - the liaison can clarify things in that regard.

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From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Deepa Goraya via blindlaw
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Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Work place accommodation's

Hi Alex,

A vender I used there was Sue and Bob Sweetman with Sweetman Systems.
They provided all my assistive technology when I was living in southern California. Do you use JAWS? Your employer should be able to purchase a computer with JAWS and Kurzweil or Openbook, whatever you use to read scanned documents. I would also ask for a scanner. Those would be the basics. If your case is still open with Dept of Rehab, Rehab should be able to either purchase this if your employer can't, or help out.

Deepa

On 8/21/15, Stephen Alexander Marositz via blindlaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> I am having difficulty getting assistive technology provided to me by 
> my employer as a workplace accommodation.  I work for a public 
> community college.  I don't have a lot of recent experience with 
> workplace accommodations.  Can someone on the list point me to some 
> resources where I can learn about this or put me in touch with someone 
> preferably in southern California who can help?
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> Thanks in advance.
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