[nabs-l] Question about being blind and turning 18

[Kaiti Shelton]

Hi there,

I do everything I can online.  Credit card bills, rent payments for my
apartment, my electric and internet bills are all done online.  I use
a mobile banking app, and my credit union has been good about working
with me to resolve accessibility bugs the few times they have happened
with app updates.  I know a lot of the larger banks, like PNC and
Wells Fargo, have pretty good accessibility as well.  I know
Spectrum-my internet provider-still sends me paper billing even though
I didn't request it and have access to statements online, but I just
use KNFB or Seeing AI to read those like all my other mail.  I do know
that Spectrum offers braille bills as well if you request them, but in
my case since I have the online statements I didn't bother to request
them in that format as well.

For jury duty, I'm almost 24 and have not been called yet.  Like David
Andrews said, I don't think it's all that common for most people.  As
I understand it, jury duty participants are randomly selected based on
registered voters, so you can't be called unless you're registered to
vote for one thing.  For another, as he mentioned as well, you can get
out of it.  If you're a student, if you could lose your job or a
significant portion of your income, etc, you can petition to be
excused.  Even if your job provides paid leave including for jury
duty, which some do as it is a public service, you might not be
selected to actually sit on the jury panel.  All the letter initially
calling you for jury duty means is that they want you to come to the
courthouse for jury selection, and the actual jury is determined after
the questioning that takes place during that procedure.  Even if you
do have to go and can't get out of selection, you might not even have
to attend the trial.

On 11/12/17, Sarah Jevnikar via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi there,
> I get my bank statements electronically, and pay all my regular bills that
> way. As others have said, having an OCR option is essential for any mail.
>
> As for record-keeping, I have hanging folders of printed material for
> various things (bills, statements, tax forms, etc.). I don't label the
> individual forms but order them chronologically, and label the files
> themselves in print and Braille (I live with sighted people so print is
> important...) For taxes, for instance, I have a "Taxes" hanging folder that
> has envelopes in it for each calendar year. The folder and each envelope
> has
> print and Braille labels, but each paper in the envelopes themselves
> (paystubs, charitable donations, medication receipts, really anything that
> is tax-deductible) goes in those envelopes without a Braille label. Once
> taxes are filed, my proof of filing goes in there too.  I have file folders
> on my pc for financial documents, though need to be better at saving
> invoices emailed to me by Amazon etc. I have created a personal budget
> spreadsheet so I can keep track of my spending.
>
> I don't mean to patronize anyone for all this specific information, but I
> found organizing hard-copy documents really stressful and overwhelming for
> some reason, so having someone help me set up a system I could stick to was
> necessary for me.
>
> HTH,
> Sarah
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NABS-L [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mikayla
> Gephart
> via NABS-L
> Sent: November 7, 2017 1:10 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Cc: Mikayla Gephart
> Subject: [nabs-l] Question about being blind and turning 18
>
>  Hi,
>      I am turning 18 in January. I just re-learned in Civics that jury duty
> notices are sent in the mail. For any of you who have gotten these notices,
> do they send the notices in an accessible format, or do you have to have a
> reader or KNFB Reader like all your other mail? Also, do you all get all
> the
> bills you have to pay online. For those of you who still get bills mailed
> to
> you for you to pay or keep records, how do you access them? Sorry for all
> the questions, they just come to me as I learn things and as my birthday
> approaches. Thank you.
> Mikayla
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Kaiti Shelton