As a deaf community liaison/deaf advocator under the social service for many years, many people with disabilities/deaf, D/deaf people and the provider services staff came to see or emailed me to request assistance, advice and help.
Listening to their requests and delivering the best solution to meet their needs is essential. I always give them the option of problem-solving solutions as much as possible. The more problem-solving solutions worked out well, the fewer solutions made more tackle or find a way to reach out to another agency and change a different process.
It is not an idea to push them around to send them off to another agency if your job role is limited, not in your job role or unable to deliver.
It is best to listen to and understand their problem solutions, troublesome reading letters, and requests for help from the hospital, such as medicines and health issues. Then, make a plan of goals they may wish to increase their confidence on their own, one step at a time.
In the past, I have had several D/deaf individuals and D/deaf with disabilities individuals request funding to gain their independence, such as a mobility van, flashing alarm lights and doorbells or a laptop. Several of them have received a copy letter from one peculiar Deaf person of Auckland and copied it to the Lottery Grants. In return, several D/deaf persons’ application letters for the funding were declined. They visited me with their declined letters, and I read them to explain why their funding application was rejected. I discovered the original copy example letter by the Deaf person of Auckland was incorrect and did not provide more details for the application funding paper. I asked the D/deaf individuals if they would happily reapply the funding applicant by rewriting the information with the correct information to the Board of Funding. Of course, they were desperate to get a laptop or mobility van funding. I helped them and provided my supporting letter for the Funding Applicant Grant. Within three months, they got the funding approved and, much to their delight, could obtain a laptop and mobility van for their course.
Most of the D/deaf people, D/deaf with disabilities people and older people come to see me when they get a strange message or their Facebook issues – note I still have Facebook issues, and it is not an easy task. It is challenging to teach them how to learn from their mistakes and their money scammed out. If there is a support team, we ask them if they resolve the issues by keeping the promise. Anyone trusts or moves forward by letting the bank/police know when dealing with the support team problem-solving matters. Of course, there is a cost of paying or not depending on how much money is involved in returning to normal. Mostly in the end, they can not afford to have their Facebook back which mean lost everything. They continue to make a new Facebook account. I don’t know about my Facebook but who know? The higher price to pay or not depending on the bank and our savings for our future and health. There are many people, even people with disabilities, D/deaf people and D/deaf with disabilities people are struggling with their finances for the home, food on the plate, bills to pay for power, car and petrol and the list so on. The critical financial needs are a roof over you, health and well-being, and a journey to live a longer life.
Scammers, cowboys’ constructions, online shopping, and other activities, and apps such as WhatsApp have stolen millions of people’s lives and finances. I read many stories from many people worldwide about a slight chance of getting their finances back or not. I still need to find out about my chance of getting Facebook back with the community groups. So, a promise or not?
What about a Separate Relationship agreement through the Lawyer when a couple goes through a separate/divorce stage by selling the house and contents? That is a very hard one for most people with disabilities and D/deaf with disabilities, even D/deaf people too. I have been working with a couple of people for over a year, and one person finalised the paperwork, but her life was not an easy option for her future with the children because of less finances in return from her ex-partner. The second person is waiting for confirmation of the acceptance to pay the ex-partner of the price to pay. However, the second person does not have enough finances to live a long life in the future and needs a friendly, accessible home where the ex-partner has a new partner, paying the rent without problem. A promise or not? My partner’s previous past went through, but in the end, he chose to do something foolish so that his ex-wife would not get any more financial support from him again a very long time ago.
There are many other types of going through relationships, living together, trusting each other, family and friends, and the list goes on. One or two worst are the Government and the Law and Policy Makers. Everyone does not have faith in them – for example, Putin, Donald Trump, Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu of Nigerian, Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif of Pakistan, Hamza Abdi Barre of Somalia, and the ideologies of the countries, finances, and creating nuclear wars and ongoing wars until they decide when to end. Everyone in the world is getting frustrated and tired of the ongoing wars that wreak people’s lives, making them go into poverty, malnutrition and, of course, no medical supplies. Where are there promises for these people suffering and struggling in war countries?
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