There is an online portal which I use for most of my healthcare needs. It is run by a local hospital network, and allows patients and their healthcare teams to communicate with each other. Appointments can also be scheduled, and this portal allows for a few other things. I was rather skeptical at first because I thought there might be screen reader issues, but that has turned out not to be the case. When I first signed up on the portal upon obtaining a PIN, there was one of those visual verifications which did contain an audio alternative but even that was timed. A sighted neighbor had to help me with that. But it has since been replaced by Google's new CAPTCHA, which only requires ticking a box. Other than that I've had absolutely no issues, and I couldn't be happier with my healthcare team. Some of them are in private practice so they aren't on the portal, but I have their phone numbers stored elsewhere. My primary-care doc is not on there but is actually on staff at one of the participating hospitals.
Regarding other self-care issues, that's what my neighbors and tutors are here for as well as just to hang out with and have a good time. My family also pitches in a lot. I submitted an online application a few days ago to what is now the Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired, and one of the courses I'm planning to take is Health. They used to have separate health courses for a number of sub-topics, but I think this one basically covers them all now. I just received an email yesterday from them indicating that I have been enrolled in my first course of choice, and the material is on its way.
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Date: 2018-04-14 12:22 pm (UTC)Regarding other self-care issues, that's what my neighbors and tutors are here for as well as just to hang out with and have a good time. My family also pitches in a lot. I submitted an online application a few days ago to what is now the Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired, and one of the courses I'm planning to take is Health. They used to have separate health courses for a number of sub-topics, but I think this one basically covers them all now. I just received an email yesterday from them indicating that I have been enrolled in my first course of choice, and the material is on its way.