[nabs-l] Fair payment for readers

Tue Oct 13 03:40:03 UTC 2015

I have asked for specific people to be hired. Never had an issues.

On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 8:34 PM, Kaiti Shelton via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> The main issue is that I cannot hire just any person through
> Disability Services because the nature of what I need them to read
> needs to stay confidential.  If DS were to hire a non-music therapy
> major currently enrolled in a practicum course of which there are
> about 10 or so of us, they would also need to go through my music
> therapy faculty and sign off on other documentation.  Is it possible
> to tell DS I need a particular student hired if the student is willing
> to be recognized officially in that capacity?  I'm not asking this to
> be picky; I have a DS-hired lab assistant for my anatomy lab who isn't
> a science major and has no prior experience with blind people, and
> he's working out fine so I have nothing against the hiring process and
> letting them find people.  I need to abide by professional
> competencies and standards of clinical practice, which are very strict
> on confidentiality and ethics for good reason.
>
> I am going to discuss payment with the classmate in person, because I
> started trying to text her about it when we were setting up the
> meeting time and that felt really awkward.  I think negotiating that
> in person will go a lot better for both of us.  I'm glad to know I
> wasn't far off the mark; lunch at the little bistro in our building
> might also be a fair-priced but enticing form of payment, as I know
> this person is pretty busy and probably could use someone picking up
> in-building lunch costs at some point (I believe sandwitches and
> salads are around $5).
>
> On 10/12/15, Arielle Silverman via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> > Hi Kaiti. I think buying your reader a drink from Starbucks is about
> > the right amount to pay for a half-hour of work. When I was an
> > undergrad ten years ago, (has it been that long?) I was told the going
> > rate was $7. By now it's probably gone up to $10 or so, so a $5 drink
> > seems about right.
> > Using a DSS employee has its ups and downs. If you will need a lot of
> > reading time, it could save you money. On the downside, it can take
> > some time to get the reader job set up, and when you use a DSS
> > employee, you sometimes lose some control over the management process.
> > I once had a lab assistant hired by DSS, and in the beginning she had
> > problems with showing up to my class late. It frustrated me that I
> > couldn't directly fire her if she was repeatedly late, and that
> > getting a replacement would take several weeks. Fortunately my lab
> > assistant did get better about punctuality, but my point is that you
> > do lose some control and some efficiency if you go the DSS route.
> > Anyway, I'm glad you found someone who is interested and I hope the
> > reading relationship goes well. In the best cases, a reading
> > relationship can be mutually beneficial to both people involved.
> > Best, Arielle
> >
> > On 10/12/15, Miso Kwak via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >> Hi Kaiti,
> >> If it's something related to your coursework, one route u could take is
> >> have
> >> your reader hired by the disability service office.
> >> A down side of this could be having to go through the hiring process.
> >> If circumstances work out, you could have a student who is already hired
> >> by
> >> the office as your reader, and that student could log his/her reading
> >> time
> >> into the time sheet.
> >> I hope this makes sense and is helpful.
> >> Miso
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPhone
> >>
> >>> On Oct 12, 2015, at 7:59 PM, Kaiti Shelton via nabs-l
> >>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi all,
> >>>
> >>> I finally broke down per lack of choice (those who saw my last thread
> >>> know why) and emailed my classmates to get a human reader for
> >>> handwritten documents which can not be handled by the DS office or
> >>> Robo Braille due to confidentiality and ethics concerns in my field.
> >>> One of my classmates responded tonight and said she is willing to read
> >>> the documents to me.  They're song lyrics and I suspect that they'll
> >>> be fairly simple for her to read, and that we'll get through the
> >>> process quickly enough, but I have never had a reader before so I'm
> >>> not sure how best to offer fair payment.  How does this typically
> >>> work?  I mentioned in my email that we could work something out, but I
> >>> said that more because I had no clue how much or how little would be
> >>> fair (though I am willing to pay the person in a drink from Starbucks
> >>> or something if they prefer that over cash).  We've set aside 25
> >>> minutes to read these three documents, so what should I shoot for?
> >>> Thanks to those of you who have advised me so far on this.
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Kaiti Shelton
> >>> University of Dayton-Music Therapy
> >>> President, Ohio Association of Blind Students 2013-Present
> >>> Secretary, The National Federation of the Blind Performing Arts
> >>> Division 2015-2016
> >>>
> >>> "You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back!"
> >>>
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> --
> Kaiti Shelton
> University of Dayton-Music Therapy
> President, Ohio Association of Blind Students 2013-Present
> Secretary, The National Federation of the Blind Performing Arts
> Division 2015-2016
>
> "You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back!"
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