[blindLaw] Law Firm Accommodations

[tim at timeldermusic.com]

you might arrange early access to see how the core systems work with a screen reader and start trouble-shooting any issues.  Consider that a good employee always pairs a proposed solution with any problem that they bring to their supervisor.  
  
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From: Sanho Steele-Louchart <sanho817 at gmail.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, January 5, 2022 10:48 AM
To: Blind Law Mailing List <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blindLaw] Law Firm Accommodations

Syed,

When I was hired on, I was lucky enough to already have a copy of
K1000 (the OCR software) and JAWS/NVDA with Eloquence. All I actually needed to ask for was someone to read me the handwritten parts of records. Everything else has taken care of itself.

If possible, I'd approach this with a trusted supervisor or hiring manager. Candidly, it seems to me that we'll ultimately need to be able to advocate for these things without the assistance of an outside firm. My supervisor made it pretty clear that if I wanted to advocate for my clients, I should be prepared to advocate for myself first.

if I didn't have a trusted supervisor or hiring manager, I'd be up front about what I needed. "I'll need X, Y, and Z. I also need a contact person in the event something's inaccessible and I need to figure it out on the spot. Will that be a problem?"

Warmth and good luck,
Sanho

On 1/5/22, Syed Rizvi via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi All,
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> Do you have any tips regarding discussions with firms pertaining to 
> what I will need from them to be a successful blind summer associate? 
> I know I need JAWS etc., but due to my lack of work experience, I 
> don’t know what set of procedures I should have in place. For example, 
> with school, I know I need all my books in an electronic format and so 
> on, but I don’t have work accommodations figured out in the same way 
> due to my lack of experience. Are there consulting firms that educate 
> employers on how to best accommodate blind employees or that can test 
> firm tools prior to the summer?
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> Thank you so much for any guidance in this matter!
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> Gratefully,
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> Syed
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Warmth,
Sanho
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