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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hello, I made a post a few weeks ago about requesting accommodations so I can do documentation digitally instead of by hand due to a physical disability with my hand. My work location isn't in an office, as I work in the client's apartment. It's technically a group house for adults with disabilities, but there are only two adults we support. Anyway, the printer doesn't have ink, and without ink, I can't print out the documents. [b]The owner of the non-profit said she will check with someone else on how best to capture my notes and get back to me. [/b[b]]That was 10 days ago.[/b] For the last few weeks, I have had to do documentation by hand. I think for this coming weekend (I only work weekends), I will fill out all of the forms at home and print them/ type them with my type writer before I go to work. I would potentially be lying when I write the notes because they ask for things like the client's mood, what we did, etc etc, but so far every shift has been the same. The clients have been in a good mood, I help them with x tasks which need x prompts, we go for a walk in the community every day. The notes are easy to fill out. I don't want to continue filling them out manually because it takes so long, and honestly, it's humiliating because my handwriting is always clear. The supervisor hasn't been treating me equally, I feel. She said things like wow, why do you write like that? It's as if she thinks I am dumb. I have had this happen to me a lot after I had a stroke and it sucks. I don't think they intentionally mean to hurt me. Things slip out. My caseworker for voc rehab said she doesn't think we need to open a case because they have agreed to give me accommodations. [b]My work has a history of delaying other stuff so I have a feeling they will ignore this accommodation. [/b]

Another option would be to store a typewriter at the apartment because it would allow us not to rely on expensive printer ink. I already have a typewriter someone gave me, and the ink is $4 for around (4) of them. It's so cheap! I don't know if I should bring the typewriter and leave it there or send an email and say this would be my preference. Using a typewriter is easier because I don't need to scan PDF forms and figure out how to fill them out. It's a long process to do all of that. With the typewriter, I feed the forms already printed out by my employer into the typewriter and fill them out pretty fast. It's better for my eyes to because it's not a screen. I have really bad neck pain so sitting and typing for long periods puts a lot of strain on my body.

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OP has already suggested two solutions and the person who can approve them hasn't gotten back to her. Going out and paying for $40 printer ink isn't a good solution and either is bringing a heavy typewriter to work. Both are sh** solutions. [/quote]

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