[Nfbmo] employment question
Susan Ford
johnsusanford at earthlink.net
Mon Sep 26 02:53:18 UTC 2011
Randy and Jenny:
First, why doesn't your email go into my address book? Maybe you should
send me a personal email so that it will get into my address book. I don't
necessarily think you want all of this stuff distributed far and wide.
I don't think you need any documentation for your employer, unless they ask
for it and have a good reason why they need it. I should think that if you
went to Naomi and told her that becoming an RSB would whether or not you
kept your job, she would speed the process up considerably. They always
think that job retentions are the quickest cases to close, so they want to
get them done. If you are drawing SSDI, opening the case and closing it
again successfully might get dollarss for the agency through Social
Security. If you don't get Socail Security Disability, you mifhr talk with
Gene Coulter about qualifying. I don't know for sure that your vision is
poor enough, but I kind of doubt if you earn more than the maximum monthly
substantial gainful employment. There are always side issues which might
alter qualifying, but it would be worth checking into, if your vision is
less than 20/200.
Susan Ford
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randy Carmack" <randycarmack at gmail.com>
To: "NFB of Missouri Mailing List" <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 2:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] employment question
> Oh, I need to add that Jenny has no open case with RSB and as long as it
> takes for MO RSB to open a case, Jenny's job could be long gone before
> that
> happens.
>
> Thanks,
> Randy Carmack
>
> On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Randy Carmack
> <randycarmack at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> 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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