Ibrahim, no worries about the slip in spelling my name! lol Smiles.
Either make a request for specialist equipment under SDS or request this
when your up for review with them. Either a one-off payment, as I did,
or if it is something on-going then you'd have to make this clear...
DLA and our mobility allowance isn't sufficient to pay for all the
additional costs incurred on account of our disabilities. I.e. writing
equipment is far cheaper in comparison with RNIB. I use a Perkins but
have Never heard of my seeing friends spending that much on a pen!
Talking blood pressure monitors are outrageously priced as are kitchen
and bathroom scales--we just don't have the choice of buying cheaply do
we? Same with Braille watches, the cheapest is over £17 yet my daughter
has just bought a silver plated one for £5 in the high street! The only
way I can wake up in the morning is to use a shake awake and I am unable
to set or see the large print one my friend bought for me! Now I believe
there's a Braille shake awake alarm clock...but what cost?
What about the luxury of seeing if the lights are on? We must use a
light probe at a hideous cost--So our disability premiums struggle to
keep up with our needs.
I actually Hate asking for help like this, but sometimes, in the case of
me and my DBC, I just didn't have any option. I'm very grateful I
eventually managed to obtain this wonder machine as with my ever
decreasing hearing loss I can at least keep in contact with friends and
family even when I can't hear on a telephone.
Make sure you ask for all you require whilst the funding is still
available as I'm sure the government will be cutting this back too
oneday!
Best of luck, Christine.----- Original Message ----- From: "Ibrahim
Gucukoglu" <ibrahim_gucukoglu@xxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 10:30 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Help with the cost of Access Technology
Hi Christeen.
How insulting, to spell your name wrong *smile*. My apologies, I should
be more careful in future LOL.
All the best, Ibrahim.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ibrahim Gucukoglu"
<ibrahim_gucukoglu@xxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 10:29 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Help with the cost of Access Technology
Hi Christen.
Well, I've been thinking along the lines of asking whether I can spend
some of my social care fund on a colourino as it could be useful in
identifying clothes before I put them in the wash or when they come out
of it, so your experience has certainly given me a little more
confidence to do this.
All the best, Ibrahim.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Christine Weetman"
<goatmum@xxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 10:19 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Help with the cost of Access Technology
Hi Ibrahim, your quite right, this is exactly the same process as I
went through--I was told, after I'd already found out myself, that the
council were obliged to do it this way, by Law, but not all will
follow the correct guidelines. I am actually getting direct payments
in leu of vouchers, a scheme the councils are trying to phase out, but
I insisted on me getting the same this year as I only require 4 hours
per week so far, my need was with help to fund a DBC at over ten
thousand pounds. I'm so happy I insisted on my rights as I couldn't
live without my DBC. Christine.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ibrahim Gucukoglu"
<ibrahim_gucukoglu@xxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 8:19 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Help with the cost of Access Technology
Hi Christine.
I think different councils have different application processes,
depending on that council's structure. In Peterborough, I had to
apply to the adult social care team who came and performed a
financial assessment and helped me do all the paperwork, the funds
get paid to me by the primary care trust in to my nominated (though
separate) bank account. I have to send them financial statements
every three months or so, showing exactly what I used the money for,
plus of course bank records to back said statements up, but even
there I'm lucky as my support worker used to work in the financial
services industry and thus knows his way round excel with uncanny
proficiency *smile*.
All the best, Ibrahim.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Christine Weetman"
<goatmum@xxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 6:39 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Help with the cost of Access Technology
Peter, SDS is now in place rather than you applying to your council
as you used to! Sorry, your behind in times as well as emails as
I've already answered your question. I hope people will look into
SDS and use it. Christine.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Holdstock"
<peterholdstock@xxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 6:32 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Help with the cost of Access Technology
What's SDS?
peter
--------------------------------------------------
From: "Christine Weetman" <goatmum@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 5:17 PM
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Help with the cost of Access Technology
Apply for SDS and ask for help with specialist equipment. This is
the Only way I know of doing it and it worked for me. Christine.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet Tuggey"
<janet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
<bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 5:11 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Help with the cost of Access Technology
Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone knows of where I can apply for
help with the
cost of Access Technology as I'm unemployed at the moment and
would really
like to purchase such things as a scanner plus software, and a
full working
version of JAWS for starters (I have the demo version of JAWS 11
and am fed
up with having to reboot after 40 minutes, I also have NVDA which
is pretty
good, but still prefer JAWS).
Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
Cheers
Janet & Wheat, the silly Shepherd cross
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