[Blindtlk] funding for assistive technology

Mon May 16 16:44:09 UTC 2016

Besides, for me getting to a training center in Minnesota is far more important. It makes no sense to take a part-time or temporary job if it came along to raise funds just to quit. So I can't go that route it's contradictory to the fight to get assistance going to a training center. I don't have the ability to just pick up everything and move to another state for residency I just finally was able to move to a community in Wisconsin with transportation accessible more than six hours a day on the hour. 

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

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> On May 15, 2016, at 10:39 PM, justin williams via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Yeap, the individual does not have the money to use.
> Other than that, they'd do what you sais.
> Justin
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ericka via
> blindtlk
> Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2016 10:49 PM
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> Cc: Ericka <dotwriter1 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] funding for assistive technology
> 
> 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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