Hi. The readers are vollunteers. They were provided through the Alabama
school for the blind. Since the school for the blind thinks it was
a good idea, I just started finding other solutions. OCR software,
paying bills with phone calls and a debit card,and (most important for me)
switching to Linux so I could use the computer without help are examples of my solutions.
Kenny
On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 01:05:52PM -0500, Amanda Lee wrote:
> Yeah, I'm really shaking my head over this one. Are you mistakenly using
> a person as a Personal Care Attendant or something? Perhaps Alabama
> provides these services and to justify that a blind person needs a reader,
> this is to classify them as Personal Care Attendants. I wish that reader
> services could be such a service albeit it is not as much of a service
> which is as custodial as a person needs who is unable to perform normal
> life tasks such as bathing, dressing and so forth. In some respects, it
> actually might not be a bad idea that hired readers are pre-qualified
> because hey! they generally writeout checks and have direct access to
> documents which contain personal and confidential information.
> This is way way off topic of course. If you are denied what you need
> though, I would contact your State's Equal Opportunity Bureau, Division or
> Department whatever it is called. Ask about how to file complaints
> regarding rights of persons with disabilities.
> Did you also ask to speak to a supervisor about this? It's amazing how
> case workers can be horribly mis-informed as well and perhaps the
> information needs to be provided proactively to whomever gave you this
> seemingly bogus information.
>
> If Alabama truly is denying services which you are entitled to, if there
> is no State Legislation which covers this, then your next step is to do
> exactly as Dave P indicates as this is a very blatant and discriminatory
> policy.
>
> Amanda Lee
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, David Poehlman wrote:
>
> > it is discriminatory and inflamatory. it is just like some maneuvers I
> > have seen to keep the little guy from opperating in the braille
> > production business. I don't think there is a place for this kind of
> > thinking in the ada and if you took it to the d o j, I don't think it
> > would stand up. If you are being denied a service you are being denied
> > a service and that is that.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Kenny Hitt" <kennyhitt at yahoo.com>
> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 8:38 AM
> > Subject: Re: (off-topic) ADA
> >
> >
> > Hi. I talked to them when it passed.
> > They did it "to protect me from bad people." Nfb, ACB, and the
> > state school for the blind aren't interested in doing anything about it
> > so I just live with it.
> >
> > Kenny
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 23, 2002 at 09:45:43AM -0600, Kirk Wood wrote:
> > > On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Kenny Hitt wrote:
> > > > Hi. In Alabama, readers are required to pass a background check.
> > > > Also, they have to pay for the background check. Because of this, I
> > > > haven't had help in several years.
> > >
> > > So let me see if I understand this correctly. In Alabama a person is
> > > supposed to pay a fee (guessing in the area of $50) so that they can
> > help
> > > a blind person out making maybe $7.00 an hour? That is a nice barier
> > to
> > > having to pay the minimal rates they do. Readers never get
> > compensation
> > > that is worthy. I think you should speak with your state legislator
> > about
> > > why he wants to deny you services. Then get as many other people you
> > can
> > > to call asking the same question.
> > >
> > > =======
> > > Kirk Wood
> > > Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net
> > >
> > > Nowlan's Theory:
> > > He who hesitates is not only lost, but several miles from
> > > the next freeway exit.
> > >
> > >
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