[Blindtlk] funding for assistive technology

[Ericka]

I have the greatest respect for you Peter and your wife. However when you don't have a job there's no money to squirrel away. The way you do things the way I dream about.

Ericka Short
"What is right is not always popular; what is popular is not always right."

 from my iPhone

> On May 15, 2016, at 9:40 PM, Peter Donahue via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Good evening everyone,
> 
>    Computers for the Blind has next to nonexistent tech support
> andrecycles back-dated equipment. We won't touch them with a 10-foot pole.
> 
>    The best financial assistance we've found for buying assistive
> technology is that we create ourselves i.e. looking for ways to raise the
> needed funds and ceasing opportunities to do wo when they come your way. In
> the early days we depended on our state agency to buy assistive technology;
> the welfare approach. Today we buy it out-of-pocketthe the free enterprise
> approach.  We strongly urge others to position themselves to do the same.
> Bitter experience taught us that it's far better to be incomplete control of
> the buying process than to hand it to others.
> 
> Peter Donahue
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ericka via
> blindtlk
> Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2016 9:26 PM
> To: S L Johnson; Blind Talk Mailing List
> Cc: Ericka
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] funding for assistive technology
> 
> Sandra did they only have PCs for laptop? I'm looking for an apple. I don't
> get along with  PCs.
> 
> Ericka Short
> "What is right is not always popular; what is popular is not always right."
> 
> from my iPhone
> 
>> On Feb 24, 2016, at 8:38 AM, S L Johnson via blindtlk
> <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello:
>> 
>> I do not know of any free source for a computer but, there is a very 
>> low cost program.  Computers For The Blind 
>> www.computersfortheblind.com.  They will sell you a used computer that 
>> has been refurbished and loaded with Windows 7 professional and some 
>> free software, including screen enlargement magnifier and screen 
>> reading software.  A desktop is $110 and a laptop is $150.  I got a laptop
> last fall and so far, it is working fine.
>> 
>> Sandra Johnson
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: justin williams via blindtlk
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 7:29 PM
>> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
>> Cc: justin williams
>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] funding for assistive technology
>> 
>> No, it is not for me; the person is not at voc rehab.
>> Justin
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Chris 
>> Nusbaum via blindtlk
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 7:01 PM
>> To: Blind Talk Mailing List <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Chris Nusbaum <cnusbaumnfb at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] funding for assistive technology
>> 
>> Have you tried getting funding from your rehab agency? Your state may 
>> also have a technology assistance program through your department of 
>> disabilities or your library for the blind. Finally, you might try 
>> getting a grant from a local Lions Club or another local service 
>> organization. Sorry I can't help with the cane question; the only 
>> source for folding canes I know of is Ambutek (the manufacturer,) which
> sells them for about $30 to $40.
>> 
>> Chris Nusbaum
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>>> On Feb 23, 2016, at 5:00 PM, justin williams via blindtlk
>>> <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Does anyone know where to get free laptops, or funding for assistive 
>>> technology.  Also, other than the free white cane program, of which I 
>>> am familiar, does anyone know where to get free or very cheap folding
>> canes?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Just whatever you fine folks know is going to work.
>>> 
>>> Thanks ahead of time.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Justin
>>> 
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