My insight: Doing the cheques with Mom

We now have this down to a simple but very effective strategy.  Whenever I need to have my cheques made out, and if Mom is around, she and I work as a well-oiled team to get things done.  This is how we do it.

I go to my computer and type out my info in either a word or text document.  Name of person to whom the cheque is to be made out, date, and amount in dollars (figures and words).

Next I print this out and then I go to Mom who is patiently waiting to do her part.  She sits down at our kitchen table and writes out the cheque, and voila!  It is done and all I need to do now is to sign it.

I give her my signature guide and she gently places it on the line and hands me her pen.  I sign my name and it is all over.  The cheque has been made out.

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Signing an affidavit

For the most part, signing an affidavit is not a problem but when you are blind and do not have enough info to know where to sign then it is a challenge.  Add to this that you are totally dependent on someone else to tell you that what you are signing is indeed the affidavit that you are expecting to sign.

You need to have someone show you where to sign.  Some of us who are blind use a signature guide but others may not.  Some of us who have enough vision may be able to see where to sign.

For me, I always take along someone who I totally trust.  It is the best that I can do.  Of course, I could use my iPhone to take a picture through my KNFB reader app and have it read it out to me.  However, there are some challenges with this.

Despite the KNFB reader app being very accurate, I for one will still be a bit uneasy as to whether it is reading everything to me.

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Signing important papers

As a blind person, it is so very important for me to be comfortable whenever there is a need to do this.  I know that it is not always possible to have someone that you trust to be with you each time this type of occasion arises but I have some tips for you.

Thanks to the advancement of technology some possibilities have turned into realities but I will say that not all of these tips will work for everyone. So here goes.

For those of you who work with emails and computers: Ask your lawyer, accountant, banker, or real estate agent or anyone else who you are dealing with to send you the document in either an accessible MS Word format or even in a text format. Read it very carefully line by line and make sure that you understand and agree with what has been written.

I recently had an experience where a law clerk sent me some documents which came up woefully short of what I had requested. Additionally, make sure that they state the amounts for their services in either an email or in a readable document that you can refer to.

When you go in to sign the final documents, take a trusted friend or family member with you.  Take along a signature guide and make sure that it is placed on the right line for you to sign.  Most lawyers, bankers, accountants, and real estate agents that I have dealt with and continue to deal with have been very good but that does not mean that somewhere among them you may be unlucky to meet a bad apple.

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My signature is no different

If there is anything in this world that puts me on an equal footing with the mainstream person it is this:  Signatures that are almost impossible to decipher.  It does not matter if you can see or not, at the best of times it is almost impossible to decipher the majority of signatures.

 

When I had vision I learned how to sign my name and according to my mom it was somewhat legible if I took the time to concentrate when I was signing but now without enough vision it is almost impossible for anyone to decipher.  There are signature guides that a blind person can use when signing their name but before using this they need to learn how to form their letters.  These signature guides are very inexpensive and easy to make if you do not know where to purchase one.

 

Here's how it works.  It is made out of a piece of material that does not slip when placed on a sheet of paper; like rubber or sturdy cardboard.  The shape of the signature guide is usually rectangular with a space in the middle.  The bottom half of the guide is placed on the bottom line where the signature is to be written, the space is where the person is supposed to place their pen to sign, and the top half of the guide is meant to prevent the person from going above the space where their signature is supposed to be.  The left and right bars of the signature guide are meant to help the person remain within the designated spot so that they do not start before and finish after the spot. 

 

This may sound very complicated to the mainstream person but to learn more you can visit www.maxiaids.com.  I'm Donna J. Jodhan your friendly accessibility advocate wishing you a terrific day and inviting you to help educate others about how blind persons go about signing their names.