[access-uk] Re: Help with the cost of Access Technology

  • From: "Christine Weetman" <goatmum@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 19:28:25 +0100

it took me over a year to get my first payment! Then I had to fight for the next year after only half a year! lol Now I'm so glad I did as my DBC package was over ten grand! Christine. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet Tuggey" <janet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 

To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 7:05 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Help with the cost of Access Technology



Hi, I'm in the process of applying for Direct Payments, but knowing how
bloody useless Haringey Borough Council is, I'll probably be drawing a
pension before anything gets sorted.  Still miracles could occur.


Janet & Wheat, the silly Shepherd cross
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
Christine Weetman
Sent: 21 October 2010 17:56
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Help with the cost of Access Technology

If your in the UK, you apply to social services for direct payments, this
will give you money to pay a Personal Assistant, of your own choice, who
will help you with day-to-day tasks like, shopping, hobbies just about
anything, mine helps me with my hobby which is crafting so I need help
sorting colours, also with my greenhouse planting and other tasks I wish to do which I need help for. SDS is Self Directed Support and in applying for 
this you must ask for an amount to help fund expensive equipment which you
can not otherwise afford, I have just been fortunate enough to obtain a DBC, DeafBlind Communicator, for which I was given a one-off payment. I have it 
fully covered for six years and was given a full days training to ensure I
am able to use the equipment. You can't ask for Normal things like, washing 
machine, cooker, sofa etc but if you can justify why you need Jaws as
apposed to an available free screenreader I'm sure this will be acceptable. 
From what I can understand the goverment will allow a budget of so many
hours per week and if you don't need all that time then you can request the 
funding to be used on specialist equipment.

I had to be pretty insistant and know all my rights, but got there in the
end.

Sorry for the long email.  Christine.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eleanor Burke" <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 5:34 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Help with the cost of Access Technology



What is SDS Christine?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Christine Weetman" <goatmum@xxxxxxx> 
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 5:17 PM
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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