[humanser] Response to Question about Receipts and Transportation to Courthouses

Wed Jan 8 00:29:38 UTC 2014

Hello everyone,

I'm responding to 2 separate posts in this message.

Carly: I'm not sure if it's possible to be placed with people going to a
court that's public transit accessible. I know it seems obvious, but the
shelter deals with people in crisis, so they go to wherever the client needs
them to go and there's often not much planning involved. 

I know this sounds pessimistic, but I'm also concerned about clients
possibly not wanting a blind domestic violence survivor advocate. Like we've
discussed on this list before, many times, clients don't seem to care if
someone is blind. However, from my brief experience  in the domestic
violence field, I know that people often feel overwhelmed and are very
emotionally vulnerable and might become deterred easily from
situations/people  that seem benign  to others not experiencing a crisis.
For example, I got a call from a client once who was extremely upset that
the advocate who was going to court with her the next day was also going to
go to another client's court hearing shortly after her's. I spent over 30
minutes trying to ease her anxiety about the many things she was thinking
could go wrong just because this advocate was going to be seeing someone
else later in the day. While trying to survive domestic violence/sexual
assault situations, clients (obviously) want and need someone who they
perceive as strong and capable who they feel they can truly rely on. Even
though I know that I can be that person for somebody, the misperceptions
that people often have about blindness could make some clients feel like a
blind person cannot handle their case. 

I hope I'm articulating this well and that you all understand what I'm
trying to communicate in regards to the connection between heightened
psychological states due to recent trauma and how it sometimes effects
survivors' perceptions about people and things. It's just something I'm
concerned about.

In response to Louise's question: When I first started undergrad, I used to
take tests on my laptop, and I also brought a mini printer so I could print
out the test right there. It wasn't the best method for test-taking, but
obtaining a small portable printer may be worthwhile if you need to print
receipts. You can get some that are fairly small and light and run on
battery after they're charged. You can plug it into your laptop with a USB,
pull up the receipt on your laptop, and print it then. Hope this helps!

Alyssa 

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From: humanser [mailto:humanser-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of MARY
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Subject: [humanser] FW: blind-counselors: Seeking your input/suggestions!

-----Original Message-----
From: Louise [mailto:]
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 1:57 AM
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Subject: blind-counselors: Seeking your input/suggestions!

Hi everyone

Happy New Year to you all. I don't post often to these lists, but ... I do
read the list avidly, and take this opportunity to thank you for the
fabulous articles and discussion that I read here.
Now I am writing to see if anyone has any ideas for me.

This year, as part of my training in gestalt psychotherapy, I will be
working in a small community counselling clinic, for a half a day per week,
apart from my usual work. (it is a supervised internship,wherein I can
hopefully get the requisite number of client hours, to pass the next two
years).   Now the clients pay for this service, and I will be expected to
produce receipts for their payments, sometimes at times when reception is
not staffed.

So, does anyone on list prepare receipts? How do you do this?

Is there any way to print from an iPad mini? (I mean I could perhaps use my
laptop with Word 2010 on it, or my u2, but . just thought I'd ask? 

Thanks in advance, for any advice you are able to offer.

Louise Pearson
Melbourne, Australia
"Live with no regrets,
Treat people the way you want to be treated, Work like you don't need the
money, Love like you've never been hurt,  and Dance like you do when
nobody's watching." 

  - Source unknown

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Email: blackfrogdogsrule at gmail.com (home)
       louise.pearson at msaustralia.org.au (work)
Skype: lou-in-aust

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