[Nfbc-info] question about office management not filling out apt app forms

Fri Jan 22 04:21:45 UTC 2016

Well I recently had a similar issue but in regards to the following sites:
https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/contracosta
https://www.governmentjobs.com/Applications/Index/concordca
where I had to fill out my profile to obviously find a job on these 
sites and there were items like the state and country and you had to 
select years and even type of schooling and certificates and even 
volunteer for that section of the profile and I had to have sighted 
assistance to help me fill it out and yes, it took me three hours to 
complete, because the site kept timing us out and the WiFi was spotty 
but I got it done. I think it is how certain things read with JAWS and 
other screen readers like in my case, JAWS 17 would say the state and 
not tell me whether it was selected or not and it would tell me if it 
was clickable but I couldn't simulate a mouse click wherein it be 
selected or not with JAWS. So, my guess is that the online application 
might be this way for housing in your situation, so in that case, have a 
sighted relative or sighted friend help you out as the last resort. I 
don't have many, but I did have my tech friend Nathan Dyer help me out. 
Just a thought, perhaps you might know someone personally who would be 
able and willing to help you out in exchange say for a coffee or 
something. I bought my friend his Starbucks coffee and he didn't even 
know it because he thought it was a separate order until I told him in 
the car. It totally makes a person's day after they help someone to do 
them a RAK, (Random Act of Kindness) does it not? He told me that what I 
did for him was the best way to thank him for taking time out of his 
schedule to help me fill out inaccessible forms online and that he never 
expected it! So, go for it and go the extra mile and ask someone you know.

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On 1/21/2016 7:57 PM, Lisa Irving via Nfbc-info wrote:
> Taxi driver to fill out paperwork? Wow. That experience I haven't had.
>
> Lisa
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> From: Nfbc-info [mailto:nfbc-info-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lauren
> Merryfield via Nfbc-info
> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 6:29 PM
> To: 'NFB of California List' <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Lauren Merryfield <lauren at catlines.com>
> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] question about office management not filling out
> apt app forms
>
> Hi,
> I have tried to fill out applications online. Usually there is something
> about them that is not accessible, like captchas and such.
>
> Their explanation is just that legally they are not "allowed" to do anything
> with the application. I've come across this problem several times in looking
> for a new apt. They even expect my taxi driver to fill out the forms for me.
> Thanks,
> Lauren
>
> Blessings in Jesus’ name!Now all glory to God, who is able, through his
> mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might
> ask or think.
>     --Ephesians 3:20, NLT
> Blessings in Jesus’ name:
> My digital evangelism blog is at:
> www . ask in jesus name . org (take out the spaces when you type it) advice
> from my cats:”meow when you feel like it.”
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfbc-info [mailto:nfbc-info-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lisa
> Irving via Nfbc-info
> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 11:29 PM
> To: 'NFB of California List' <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Lisa Irving <peacefulwoman89 at cox.net>
> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] question about office management not filling out
> apt app forms
>
> Lauren,
>
> Your lawful accommodation request is, sighted assistance to complete paper,
> right? What was the explaination you were given for the denial of the
> request?
>
> Down the road, would you be interested in using a computer to complete
> paperwork?
>
> From,
> Lisa Irving
>
>   
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfbc-info [mailto:nfbc-info-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lauren
> Merryfield via Nfbc-info
> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 10:19 PM
> To: 'NFB of California List' <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Lauren Merryfield <lauren at catlines.com>
> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] question about office management not filling out
> apt app forms
>
> Hi,
> I do not really need the info in an alternative format. I just need them to
> fill the stuff out for me as I give them the info to fill in. I have no
> problem going to their offices. I just wonder if there isn't something in
> the ADA laws or fair housing laws that they need to know about. Tim?
> Charles? Anyone else? I'm seeing my lawyer tomorrow about something else so
> maybe I can ask him then, if I remember.
> Thanks,
> Lauren
>
> Blessings in Jesus’ name!Now all glory to God, who is able, through his
> mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might
> ask or think.
>     --Ephesians 3:20, NLT
> Blessings in Jesus’ name:
> My digital evangelism blog is at:
> www . ask in jesus name . org (take out the spaces when you type it) advice
> from my cats:”meow when you feel like it.”
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfbc-info [mailto:nfbc-info-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lisa
> Irving via Nfbc-info
> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 6:58 PM
> To: NFB of California List <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Lisa Irving <peacefulwoman89 at cox.net>
> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] question about office management not filling out
> apt app forms
>
> If other prospective tenants are required to come into the office and you
> are also required to go into the office. This is a very common practice when
> people are applying for affordable housing. I don't quite understand the
> reasoning but it is a requirement in most instances.
>
> Many affordable housing programs receive state and federal funding however,
> this is not always the case there a private investors. I can tell you for
> certain that housing programs receiving state and federal funding must
> provide a lawful accommodation the problem is a lot of places don't know how
> to provide that accommodation  there is a large foundation in San Diego
> where I live it is owned by private investors. I have contacted the city of
> San Diego AVA Cordinator to find out if this particular foundation has
> mandates under the ADA to provide paperwork and alternative format it sort
> of seems like a no-brainer, doesn't it?
>
> Since you want to rent at some of these places put your best foot forward a
> smile on your face and offered to partner with them to find a way to put the
> information in alternative format. On your end this may mean doing some
> homework to find out what you need it does not mean that you have to be the
> expert and how to do the formatting.
>
> From,
> Lisa Irving Lauren,
>
> I am very acquainted with the scenario this is what I've been dealing with
> for the past 2 1/2 years when I was trying to find affordable housing.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jan 20, 2016, at 3:30 PM, Lauren Merryfield via Nfbc-info
> <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> In my hunt for a less expensive apt,  I keep coming up with the
>> problem that the office management expects me to bring someone with me
>> to fill out my applications. Is this really okay or are they violating
>> the fair housing law in some way? I mean, most of the time I have no
>> such person to help me. I think they should be helping me. If there is
>> any law, can you please send it to me so I can make copies and hand
>> out
> when this problem comes up?
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Lauren
>>
>>
>>
>> Blessings in Jesus' name!Now all glory to God, who is able, through
>> his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than
>> we might ask or think.
>>
>>    --Ephesians 3:20, NLT
>>
>> Blessings in Jesus' name:
>>
>> My digital evangelism blog is at:
>>
>> www . ask in jesus name . org (take out the spaces when you type it)
>>
>> advice from my cats:"meow when you feel like it."
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