<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Kelsey,<div><br><div>All of these suggestions are good ones. You have a legal right to reasonable accommodations if they exist. If you are working for a reasonably-sized company, you will win a complaint made through the OFCCP. If they make expense a reason to terminate you, they must be able to prove they cannot afford the accommodations. Most employers cannot do that. </div><div><br></div><div>The employer should not expect rehab to pay for reasonable accommodations for changes they themselves make. However, you can apply for post-employment services, which allows rehab to continue to pay for them. They should have told you about them. The rules are a bit different, as rehab can work out cost sharing agreements, service discounts, and other ways for employers to afford the accommodations. </div><div><br></div><div>The NFB has a discrimination toolkit that you can access online through its legal department. It explains what documents to collect and what your rights are. Assuming you still are a member of the ACB, I am sure they have people who can represent you. </div><div><br></div><div>The important thing is to stand your ground and not allow yourself to be swept aside because your employer is too stingy to provide the reasonable accommodations you require. I think they need to be reminded that you are not a charity case, but a valuable contributor who makes money for them. </div><div><br></div><div>Dick Davis <br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Nov 30, 2024, at 9:17 AM, Rachel Kuntz via Job-Discussions <job-discussions@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">If it’s the CRM, then your employer and its IT department if they have one can connect with them as well to find resolution. You should not have to pay for your own accommodations. If your employer does not have someone on the team who can perform this task, then they can contract with one who does. Also, not sure if You have access to some visual support. In the meantime that could be used to keep you moving along. Like using Aira or something like that. Or, trying to complete your tasks on a different device that is more friendly short term, but not ideal. Anyway, not knowing what version of software or software you’re referring to it would be hard to provide specifics. The simple answer to all accommodations is that typically the employer provides those for its employees. And if they are benefiting from your work, then it won’t be a big deal to learn how to perform these tasks every now and again to keep you productive. You know how to do this job and can do the job with or without the accommodations. The challenge is that the technical aspects as in these very technical parts of the role are preventing the job from being done. Thus the accommodation is needed.<div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Rachel Kuntz</span></div><div>937.245.0547 cell</div><div>Rachelrkuntz@gmail.com</div><div><br></div><div>Live the life you want. Blindness is not what holds you back. </div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Nov 29, 2024, at 1:44 PM, Kelsey Nicolay via Job-Discussions <job-discussions@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>Hello,</span><br><span>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@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@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@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@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. </span><br><span>Sent from Kelsey Nicolay’s iPhone </span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Job-Discussions mailing list</span><br><span>Job-Discussions@nfbnet.org</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/job-discussions_nfbnet.org</span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Job-Discussions:</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/job-discussions_nfbnet.org/rachelrkuntz%40gmail.com</span><br></div></blockquote></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Job-Discussions mailing list</span><br><span>Job-Discussions@nfbnet.org</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/job-discussions_nfbnet.org</span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Job-Discussions:</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/job-discussions_nfbnet.org/dickblind%40gmail.com</span><br></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>