[humanser] organizing information, more work-related questions

Fri Apr 22 15:59:41 UTC 2016

I understand Jazmin, The confidentiality issue and everything I understand. Still, there's a point where efficiency and accommodating have to be considered as well. If they're going to ban thumb drives, laptops, then nobody should be able to use cell phones at fares to make calls or anything else. Are they going to give staff their own company issued cell phone? A small agency like she's working at I'm sure would not. I have to work with state program here in Wisconsin for coordinating transportation and some other things. The nurse was here Wednesday with her laptop and refused to even take the paper that I gave her with my medications list on it. I think the laptop was a company one. 

I just need to vent hear you guys will understand because were all in the social services Rome. Why do places hire people with no social skills whatsoever? I almost had a cat fight with his nurse because she just couldn't comprehend that blind people could safely walk on a kitchen rug in front of their sink. It's easily adapted so it doesn't slip and slide but she wouldn't even hear of that. She just thought I was going to say yeah sure we can put this rug up and never use it. I gave her some BS about needing it to orientate myself in the kitchen. It's just a red and white plaid throw rug that makes it look pretty for sighted people for the most part and it gives me a softer place to stand on while I do dishes. I have high arches and standing in a long time hurts. The poor social worker wanted to kill her too and tried so hard to stifle her laugh at my response. The stupid nurse bought it though and I won! This nurse just talked down to me like I was five and didn't know whether I could put on my own socks or not. Are people trained to talk to caregivers like this too? It's insulting!
If i am sitting before you dressed & my totally blind bf isn't my caregiver then how did it happen? Why not ask if there's anything that I have trouble with instead of going through the list of every part of my body and piece of clothing?

Ericka Short
"What is right is not always popular; what is popular is not always right."

 from my iPhone

> On Apr 22, 2016, at 9:53 AM, Reyazuddin, Yasmin via Humanser <humanser at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi everyone, 
> I believe it has to do with confidentiality. Also, if one is not allowed to take the laptop to a community event, how one will use a cell phone. Unless one has unlimited data plan and other such resources, I would not use my cell phone. 
> Technology is helpful, but do not depend on it. People still like to use paper and pen, that is why, the organization wants the forms to be completed. 
> 
> Yasmin Reyazuddin 
> Aging & Disability Services 
> Montgomery County Government 
> Department of Health & Human Services 
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> Rockville MD 20850 
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> 240-777-1556 (personal) 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Humanser [mailto:humanser-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ericka via Humanser
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> Subject: Re: [humanser] organizing information, more work-related questions
> 
> Just curious, what is the rationale for not allowing her thumb drives? Could you save stuff on an external drive?
> 
> Ericka Short
> "What is right is not always popular; what is popular is not always right."
> 
> from my iPhone
> 
>> On Apr 21, 2016, at 8:43 PM, Lisa Irving via Humanser <humanser at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi All,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I'm pretty excited to share that my employer purchased JAWS. I'm a bit 
>> nervous that, for the most part, I've been left out of the loop. I've 
>> done my best to provide resources and support. I hope to tell you 
>> sometime next week that all is well with JAWS on the workplace desktop.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I've learned a little bit more about some of my job responsibilities 
>> and, of course, that brings up additional questions. Here are my 
>> questions. I apologize if they're not clear.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> At this point I will not have the option to take a company laptop into 
>> the community and I'm not supposed to use my personal laptop for work purposes.
>> This poses challenges at a number of levels. One concern I have has to 
>> do with paperwork that I pass out to participants at the end of a 
>> meeting. The group is asked to fill out the form. I'm supposed to 
>> collect the completed forms; take them back to the office; look over 
>> the form to see if any participant has requested information or  phone 
>> contact. I'm also supposed to do something with tallying information 
>> I'm supposed to photocopy each form and put it into a particular 
>> hard-copy file.. I'm not too clear about that task. I don't know how 
>> to pull all of this together and do my job without a laptop. Ideas?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I know that JD and others shared how they organize resources. I'm 
>> still a little lost. I've got a bag of print brochures; flyers and 
>> other papers that I've collected at a couple of resource fairs and at 
>> Earth Day. I understand that I can use the Pearl Camera to scan each 
>> item. I don't know how to organize the information from that point. I 
>> don't know how I'm supposed to retrieve a resource without the use of a laptop. Ideas?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Last week I was tasked with finding faith-based organizations. I 
>> worked from home; used the internet and tried editing some of the lists I found.
>> Subsequently while at work, and without internet access, I used my 
>> cell phone to get phone numbers for some of the places; there's over 
>> 500 places of worship listed. At work I've called some of these places 
>> to  introduce faith-based leaders and their members to our 
>> organization and our approach to living with a mental health 
>> challenge; wellness education and other tools as defined by the participant, including meaning and purpose/spirituality.
>> Some of these organizations asked to have information emailed. I've 
>> got their email information and it's not well organized. For example, 
>> I have a list of places of faith that begins with the letter "A". 
>> There's probably 30 places. I've started to create headings; that's 
>> tedious and maybe not the most effective way to list these places. 
>> I've been inserting phone numbers and email addresses into a word 
>> document. There's got to be a more effective way to do all of this. What is it?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I've been permitted to use my laptop and work from home for the past 
>> few weeks. Now I have saved work emails; the faith-based project and a 
>> few resources. I don't know how to finish the faith-based project if I 
>> can't transfer it from my laptop to the company's desktop. (We can't 
>> use thumb drives).
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks so much to JD, Carli and so many of you for doing a little 
>> hand-holding and sharing tips-n-tricks.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> From,
>> 
>> Lisa Irving
>> 
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