[humanser] organizing information, more work-related questions

[Quinto Sanchez]

Hi Lisa,

I want to encourage you to be confident and advocate for yourself. I know it 
might be intimidating to have to approach your employer asking for 
accommodations especially since it was most likely very difficult to obtain 
this employment and you would be afraid to do or say something wrong at the 
risk of loosing it however; if you don't ask for accommodations you could 
potentially loose your job because you don't have the appropriate materials 
that would allow you to perform your job. If you are not fluid in 
reading/writing Braille then you would have to use some sort of technology 
whether it be a laptop or note taker and both of those items may or may not 
be personal items.
A personal laptop can be secured with a password. even the sighted employees 
that carry binders with information are at risk of someone breaking into 
there vehicle and steeling the binders thinking there would be valuable 
information to commit identity theft. there is nothing that is 100% secure 
but we can always do as much as we can to make things secure. Therefore, be 
confident and approach your employer asking for whatever you feel is needed 
to help you perform your job better. Personally, I would not approach the 
employer demanding anything I.e. making a request with a ADA brochure 
attached or the card of a ADA rights lawyer in plain view but rather, just 
approach as a member of the agency's team wanting to do the best that you 
can for the agency and those that it serves.
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From: "Lisa Irving via Humanser" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2016 8:43 PM
To: "'Human Services Division Mailing List'" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "Lisa Irving" <peacefulwoman89 at cox.net>
Subject: [humanser] organizing information, more work-related questions

> Hi All,
>
>
>
> I'm pretty excited to share that my employer purchased JAWS. I'm a bit
> nervous that, for the most part, I've been left out of the loop. I've done
> my best to provide resources and support. I hope to tell you sometime next
> week that all is well with JAWS on the workplace desktop.
>
>
>
> I've learned a little bit more about some of my job responsibilities and, 
> of
> course, that brings up additional questions. Here are my questions. I
> apologize if they're not clear.
>
>
>
> At this point I will not have the option to take a company laptop into the
> community and I'm not supposed to use my personal laptop for work 
> purposes.
> This poses challenges at a number of levels. One concern I have has to do
> with paperwork that I pass out to participants at the end of a meeting. 
> The
> group is asked to fill out the form. I'm supposed to collect the completed
> forms; take them back to the office; look over the form to see if any
> participant has requested information or  phone contact. I'm also supposed
> to do something with tallying information I'm supposed to photocopy each
> form and put it into a particular hard-copy file.. I'm not too clear about
> that task. I don't know how to pull all of this together and do my job
> without a laptop. Ideas?
>
>
>
> I know that JD and others shared how they organize resources. I'm still a
> little lost. I've got a bag of print brochures; flyers and other papers 
> that
> I've collected at a couple of resource fairs and at Earth Day. I 
> understand
> that I can use the Pearl Camera to scan each item. I don't know how to
> organize the information from that point. I don't know how I'm supposed to
> retrieve a resource without the use of a laptop. Ideas?
>
>
>
> Last week I was tasked with finding faith-based organizations. I worked 
> from
> home; used the internet and tried editing some of the lists I found.
> Subsequently while at work, and without internet access, I used my cell
> phone to get phone numbers for some of the places; there's over 500 places
> of worship listed. At work I've called some of these places to  introduce
> faith-based leaders and their members to our organization and our approach
> to living with a mental health challenge; wellness education and other 
> tools
> as defined by the participant, including meaning and purpose/spirituality.
> Some of these organizations asked to have information emailed. I've got
> their email information and it's not well organized. For example, I have a
> list of places of faith that begins with the letter "A". There's probably 
> 30
> places. I've started to create headings; that's tedious and maybe not the
> most effective way to list these places. I've been inserting phone numbers
> and email addresses into a word document. There's got to be a more 
> effective
> way to do all of this. What is it?
>
>
>
> I've been permitted to use my laptop and work from home for the past few
> weeks. Now I have saved work emails; the faith-based project and a few
> resources. I don't know how to finish the faith-based project if I can't
> transfer it from my laptop to the company's desktop. (We can't use thumb
> drives).
>
>
>
> Thanks so much to JD, Carli and so many of you for doing a little
> hand-holding and sharing tips-n-tricks.
>
>
>
> From,
>
> Lisa Irving
>
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