[humanser] Response to Question about Receipts and Transportationto Courthouses

Wed Jan 8 02:23:00 UTC 2014

Alyssa,

I know a blind woman working in a shelter for those dealing with domestic 
violence, and I am hoping she would allow you to connect with her to answer 
some of your questions.  Please let me know if you want me to contact her.

Sandy

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From: "Alyssa Munsell" <alyssa53105 at comcast.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 7:29 PM
To: "'Human Services Mailing List'" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
Cc: <frogdog at iinet.net.au>
Subject: [humanser] Response to Question about Receipts and Transportationto 
Courthouses

> 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
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: humanser [mailto:humanser-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of MARY
> CHAPPELL
> Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 2:25 AM
> To: 'Human Services Mailing List'
> Cc: frogdog at iinet.net.au
> Subject: [humanser] FW: blind-counselors: Seeking your input/suggestions!
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Louise [mailto:]
> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 1:57 AM
> To: 'Discussion list for ACB human service professionals';
> blind-counselors at topica.com
> 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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