[Diabetes-talk] information results

[Mike Freeman]

Dar:

If I recall correctly, your doctor's office must make some accommodation available to you to get your results other than print. This could be as simple as calling you with the results or as elaborate as having the results in braille or on the Internet or in some form of audio. While your preference in format must be taken into account, the Department of Justice does not require absolutely that the entity honor your choice.

It would be interesting to see whether D.O.J. would consider your doctor visit such an accommodation. I could see it going either way. However, I suspect that you'd win were you to contend that doctor's visits weren't (or should not be considered as) an accccommodation.

That said, I personally see absolutely nothing wrong with using a reader to get one's results. I wouldn't hire a reader I could not trust. But it must be admitted that I don't care who knows my results; I never quite followed why people were so all-fired sensitive about their results. In fact, I read of a diabetes website where people actually post their own results as an incentive to improve. (grin) I wouldn't go quite that far.

But I do worry that as we use other means to access print, we will grow to consider use of a reader as an inferior method when, in actuality, it is one of the best.

Just my opinion.

Mike 

----- Original Message -----
From: d m gina <dmgina at samobile.net>
To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Date: Friday, Mar 6, 2009 10:41:47
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] information results

>
>
> Good morning,
> I am under the understanding that if you call for your blood work 
> results, you should be able to receive them by phone.
> Under the ADA.
> I was told yesterday, and this isn't the first time, that I could wait 
> until I see my doctor before I learn any information.
> that it is waisting their time for them the Nurse Mary Jo to call me 
> and give me any results.
> this is of my own tests, no one elses.
> I did learn about the a one c but the rest she said I could wait until 
> I see the doctor.
> They don't send any print our way any more, because no one can read it to us.
> I shared our reader reads the mail, but how sad it is that I have to 
> find out threw my reader my results.
> I know in Grate Falls Montana the nurses from  the doctor office calls 
> and shares with the blind what is happening on their behalf.
> I don't know if we have a doctors association here in town or not.
> Before I give  them grief, I want to do the rite thing.
> I don't feel I am being treated with respect.
> I want to solve the problem so I am treated better.
> I don't know what the other blind do, except I kno what I want to do.
> Thanks,
> 
> -- 
> -comDar
> every saint has a past
> every sinner has a future
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