[access-uk] Re: Help with the cost of Access Technology
- From: "Adrien Collins" <adriencollins22160@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 15:16:57 +0200
Hi
If this not where the rnib should step in and help? What are
they there for otherwise? This is stupid. They obvioulsy
don't want to know.
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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eleanor Burke
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 9:39 AM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Help with the cost of Access
Technology
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.
-original message-
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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