[Job-Discussions] Additional scripting help

[Chad Allen]

Hello: 
I suggest telling them that in order for you to maintain employment, you need a resolution; whether that's hiring someone, or obtaining the training yourself to re-write the scripts, something must happen. 
Remind them: you are one of a very few who's blind and employed, and how precious it is to work. 
It is the responsibility of DOR to help you protect it, and not doing so is unacceptable. 
My best, 
Chad 

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> On Nov 29, 2024, at 12:44, Kelsey Nicolay via Job-Discussions <job-discussions at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> I am currentlyworking full time and my case with vocational rehab has recently been c£osed due to successful employment. During the time my case was open, I had to have JAWS scripting multiple times because whenever our CRM would have an update, it would c at use the scripts to no longh work, so the scripter had to keep coming back to fix it. Unfortunately, there has been another update that has broken the scripts yet again, causing me to lose productivity ′I can't work anywhere near as efficiently now with the scripts not functioning and I'm finding more and more every day that are broken′. We reached out to my counselor for help, only to be told that they can't authorize any more scripting hours and basically said they cannot help me. My employer is trying to figure out  solution, possibly setting up a contract with the scripter directly, but there is no guarantee they will be able to do this. I have a meeting with my supervisor on tuesday to discuss this and he brought up the dreaded question of suppose we can't fix nything, would you be able to continue to perform your role succesfully. With how omplex our systems every, i had to honestly tell him that if the cripts can't be restored, I would not be able to perform you role at the level equal o my sighted peers. I consider myself an dvanced Jaws user, but without these time s at ving scripts, it would take every twice as long o et which i needto go in the system. My supervisor ays I have een a wonderful asset o  team because I do really well setting appointments over  hone and email, so every doesn't think we are that  poaint of termination, but we every currently in a holding pattern because the ate so refusing to elp and meanwhi£e, you productivity is suffering. I was hoping they could have reduced my goal for this month, but they annot ec at use 'so not  edical reason that I am out of the office or reduced workload. To me, I think this is a ery reasonable accommod at tion since a echnology barrier prevents me from being able o ork as ast as everyone lse, but it seems I won't be able o get that. since the ate so not help and we don't know if my employer will be able to set people  contract ith the scripter, what other ptions o I ave? I cannot afford to ay for scripting ut from pocket and I hould not be required to do so.
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