[Nfbmo] employment question

Sun Sep 25 19:45:50 UTC 2011

The St. Louis Society for the Blind has vouchers to get a free copy of Zoom 
 Text for anyone Missourian who has verified low vision.   You can get  a 
copy at the St. Louis Society for the Blind & Visually Impaired - as I  
understand it, if you qualify for Wolfner, you qualify for this  program..   
Dan

In a message dated 9/25/2011 2:39:38 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
b.schulz at sbcglobal.net writes:

hi,

sounds like she is depending on easily tiring  vision.
you should download a demo of zoomtext, magic, and izoom and  experiment 
with 
them and learn which she likes best.
izoom is probably  the easiest to use on  multiple computers as running 
from 
a usb thumb  drive is a purchas option.

Bryan Schulz

BEST  Solution
www.best-acts.com

----- Original Message -----  
From: "Randy Carmack" <randycarmack at gmail.com>
To: "NFB of  Missouri Mailing List" <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 25,  2011 2:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] employment question

> All,  I have been under the impression that in order for the ADA to 
protect
>  you that you must declare your disability with your employer and when 
you  
> do
> most employers are going to require documentation of that  disability.  
Are
> these impressions not correct?  What if  Jenny's employer wants her to go 
> to
> their doctor for an  evaluation?  I know they did with another employee 
> that
>  they just fired.
>
> I have already been working with Jenny to  find an acceptable low vision 
> aid
> but honestly while my  computer skills are top notch, my knowledge of low
> vision aids are not  and I agree with Susan, I am too emotionally 
involved 
> to
> be  any type of official technological  expert.
>
>  Thanks,
> Randy Carmack
>
> On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 9:47 AM,  Susan Ford 
>  <johnsusanford at earthlink.net>wrote:
>
>>  Jenny:
>>
>> Hello.  It's been a long time, seems  like.  Debbie and Dan have started 
>> you
>> on the  right track.  I think it is important for you to know exactly  
what
>> programs you are required to use on the computer at  work.  Some 
programs 
>> may
>> work better with  certain speech programs.  I know that you use Jaws, but
>> what  word processor does your work use?  What email do they use?  Do  
you
>> fill out forms and if so, do you access them through a special  program? 
>> You
>> may want RSB to ask for a rehab  engineering eval to make sure that
>> everything is compatible.   Your vision may be stable right now, but 
since
>> with glaucoma your  chance of losing vision may be higher, I would make 
>>  sure
>> everything is in place; the sooner the better.  That may  mean those 
>> Braille
>> skills too.  I think you know  that large print is usable too, so perhaps
>> Zoomtext plus or  something that can be used with large print and speech 
>>  is
>> what you need.  You need to talk to someone like Gary,  Denny Huff or 
Greg
>> Mark to make sure everything is in order for  you.  Your rehab counselor
>> might help with discussing the  situation with your supervisor, but you 
>> might
>> choose  to talk to someone like Dan, who has some of the same experiences
>>  with vision loss that you do.  Cari and Chris are both pretty  
>> knowledgable
>> about computers too, and Bryan  Schulz--all of whom live in St. Louis. 
>> Oh,
>> and Diana,  Nancy Lynn and Fred.  And you know what Randy knows, but I 
>>  think
>> it would be better to keep him out of the situation, other  than as your
>> sounding board.  And probably a letter in your  file from your rehab
>> counselor would be good.  Don't turn in  anything like that till you have
>> read it.  If you have any  questions about such a letter (how things are
>> phrased) talk to  Gary before you give it to your supervisor.  Sometimes
>>  doctors and counselors try to help and their comments are more damaging 

>> that
>> it would have been if they said  nothing.
>>
>> Sorry to go on, but your question stimulates  lots of others questions.
>>
>> Susan  Ford
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From:  "Jenny Carmack" 
>> <jcarmack314 at gmail.com>
>> To:  "NFB Listserv" <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, September  24, 2011 9:18 PM
>> Subject: [Nfbmo] employment  question
>>
>>
>>  Hi everyone.  I have  never posted on here before, although I read what
>>> everyone  posts regualarly.  Anyway I have a question that I am pretty  
>>> sure
>>> someone can answer.  First let me  give you a little background
>>> information.
>>> I am  a mentor teacher for an early head start program in St. Louis  
city.
>>> In
>>> this position I have many job duties  from working as a teacher to 
>>> training
>>>  teachers to supervising teachers.  This program serves children who  
are
>>> six
>>> weeks to three years old.  I have  worked in this program for eight 
>>> years.
>>>  During this time I have worked under several different supervisors,  
most
>>> of
>>> who have been supportive of me and  worked with accomadations that I may
>>> need.  Two weeks ago  a new director started and she wants us to move to
>>> using the  computers more.  She does not seem very happy to hear that  I
>>> will
>>> have some trouble with this as none of  the computers at my job have any
>>> speech or enlarging programs  on them.  I can use a computer without any
>>> adaptation for  a short while.  The new director has not said anything 
to
>>>  me
>>> about this, but her sighs and body language that come out  when I try to
>>> talk
>>> to her are making me  uneasy. My eyesight has not changed over the past
>>>  eight
>>> years, but my job requirements have.   Several  people have suggested 
>>> that
>>> I
>>>  get my eye doctor to write a litter which would declare my disability  
to
>>> give to my employer to be placed on file.  My  questions are,  Should I 
>>> get
>>> this letter  and what should this letter should be included in this 
>>>  letter
>>> and is there anything that should not be mentioned in  this letter? 
>>> Thanks
>>> for your help.   Jenny Carmack
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