[acb-hsp] If you work at an Independent Living Center

[Donna Rose]

Hi Karen,

At my job they are going to completely electronic charting, but the software 
they use, and there is a bunch of it, is not accessible.  Of course I am 
constantly advocating for myself and asking them to consider accessible 
means whenever possible.  Another thing they are doing is scanning all of 
the old docs from the charts into the electronic system.  Since there is 
mostly handwriting on these I cannot read them independently.  In my job 
this isn't that important, but in order to get a better job there these 
problems would have to be solved.  I call our Commission for the Blind to 
help write some scripts, but we only have one tech guy and he isn't not the 
easiest person.  He started getting militant and I was afraid he might talk 
to my colleagues at work in an inappropriate manner regarding legal 
accommodations and lose my job for me.  I reported this to the appropriate 
person at our Commission and she said she was going to talk to him.  I also 
told him that the legal aspects of my accommodations were my responsibility 
and I would be responsible for them, and I just needed his help working on 
the software so I could use it with JAWS.  This employer is the best one for 
which I have ever worked, and they want things to be comfortable for me, so 
I don't want him coming in and ruining it.  I think our State's need more 
tech people available to help with these type of things, and not just one 
person for the whole state.  I have even thought about going down to FS and 
getting training in script writing, but I am not certain my brain is capable 
of that much technical type stuff since I am mainly a musician and artist. 
I suppose if I apply myself maybe it could be done.  I think it would be 
easier to be self employed and I am working toward that.  Once I get a 
kidney transplant I will likely have the energy to do that while still 
working with my employer until my self employment becomes more lucrative.




Go Bravely,
Donna Rose, LMSW


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Karen Rose" <rosekm at earthlink.net>
To: "'Discussion list for ACB human service professionals'" 
<acb-hsp at acb.org>
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 4:02 PM
Subject: Re: [acb-hsp] If you work at an Independent Living Center


>I don't know if this would work in your circumstances, but when I have had
> programs at work for notetaking that I couldn't use, I simply wrote notes 
> in
> word and printed them, then had the secretary file them in client charts.
> That way, although they were not in the computer file, other therapistsw
> could read them in the chart.
>
> Karen
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: acb-hsp-bounces at acb.org [mailto:acb-hsp-bounces at acb.org] On Behalf 
> Of
> Donna Rose
> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 12:14 PM
> To: Discussion list for ACB human service professionals
> Subject: Re: [acb-hsp] If you work at an Independent Living Center
>
> Hi Darla,
>
> These types of proprietary software need some attention by screen reader
> providers.  I have several types of tracking and case note type programs 
> at
> my work which are unusable by me.  I work at a CMH.  I have written to
> Freedom Scientific regarding my concerns and never heard much back from
> them.
>
>
>
>
>
> Go Bravely,
> Donna Rose, LMSW
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Darla Rogers" <djrogers0628 at gmail.com>
> To: "'Discussion list for ACB human service professionals'"
> <acb-hsp at acb.org>
> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 12:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [acb-hsp] If you work at an Independent Living Center
>
>
>> Sorry list; what I want to know is if your I.L. uses special case
>> management
>> software for case recording; I think the one I am really interested in is
>> called I.L. Suite or something similar.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: acb-hsp-bounces at acb.org [mailto:acb-hsp-bounces at acb.org] On Behalf
>> Of
>> Baracco, Andrew W
>> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 10:48 AM
>> To: Discussion list for ACB human service professionals
>> Subject: Re: [acb-hsp] If you work at an Independent Living Center
>>
>> Don't see anything about requirements above the first line of your
>> message.
>>
>> Andy
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> From: acb-hsp-bounces at acb.org [mailto:acb-hsp-bounces at acb.org] On Behalf
>> Of
>> Darla Rogers
>> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 6:50 PM
>> To: 'Discussion list for ACB human service professionals'
>> Subject: [acb-hsp] If you work at an Independent Living Center
>>
>>
>>
>> If you meet the above requirement, could you please contact me privately
>> via
>> Email; I have some questions I hope you can answer.
>>
>>
>>
>> djrogers0628 at gmail.com
>>
>>
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> Darla
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Darla J. Rogers
>>
>> djrogers0628 at gmail.com
>>
>>
>>
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