[access-uk] Re: Help with the cost of Access Technology
- From: "Eleanor Burke" <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:39:23 +0100
I was turned down, I did not have that much savings, they said following the
assessment that I would have to pay in full for any help I required,
interesting you come up with a figure of 23, my borough told me at first that I
would not be turned down unless I had 2 houses and savings of 30 thousand. I am
so tired I even had such a battle to get the assessnent and they had made their
minds up from the 1st phone call when the duty social worker said so rudely
that being blind was no qualifying factor for additional payments I would have
to demonstrate that I waas unable to do anything for myself and that I was
housebound and many blind people lead independent lives. It took so many
letters of complaint before I got the assessment and then when I did it was a
total waste of time. They sent me a print letter turning me down and when I
asked for the letter in an e-mail as an attachment they sent it but when I went
to open the word attachnent it asked me for a password. I did not have a
password so wrote back using the e-mail reply. No need to tell you I did not
have a reply. Actually when the person who was coming out to do the financial
assessment, I had to cancel that appointment so sent an e-mail to cancel and
followed up with aphone call of cancellation, the person was not told I had
cancelled. She came out and I was not in. She phoned me and told me that if a
situation like this occurs then I am automatically turned down. I then had nore
arguements and the proof of my e-mail of cancellation and phone call. In the
assessment for example looking at my outgoings when I said that I had phone
rental and mobile phone contract she said that they were only allowed to allow
one pound and fifty pence a week for land-line and nothing for mobile phone.
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: Help with the cost of Access Technology
From: "Ibrahim Gucukoglu" <ibrahim_gucukoglu@xxxxxxxx>
Date: 22/10/2010 8:06 am
Hi Eleanor.
You can only be turned down if you have savings of over £23000 or more,
other than that they should give you an assessment as it is your legal right
to be assessed.
All the best, Ibrahim.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eleanor Burke" <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 8:09 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Help with the cost of Access Technology
> Well I was turned down for this direct payment so that is that! They
> turned me down on my first phone call and when I insisted on the
> assessment etc, I was still turned down!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Christine Weetman" <goatmum@xxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 7:28 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Help with the cost of Access Technology
>
>
>> 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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