[blindlaw] looking to interview

[Johnny Russo]

Steve,
	Thank you for your interest.  No, I'm not testing a particular
hypothesis, which would lend itself to a quantitative study.  My thesis will
be a qualitative case study.  The method of research is interviews.
Questions are designed to find out what alternative strategies and adaptive
equipment totally blind, and partially sighted  people use that enable them
to compete successfully alongside their sighted colleagues.  Much
information written about blindness and employment focuses legitimate
attention on discrimination.  My case study will show that blind people are
currently employed in professional fields, and they are performing their
tasks with equal levels of productivity as sighted employees.  The evidence
will go beyond answering the question of, "how" we do our jobs, but rather
speak loudly that we, "are" doing our work.  The product is the important
result, the means of production, though alternative, are irrelevant to
ability and quality of performance.  
	I hope this answers your question.  I am most sincerely willing to
answer any other questions, and will gladly accept any observations and
suggestions that will enhance the study.  If you're aware of any blind
professors, attorneys, computer programmers, or if you're aware of resources
that would yield peer reviewed academic journal articles that discuss
employment, or lack of, for the blind, please respond.  Thank you very much.

	
John Russo, home phone: 903-645-4344

-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Steve P. Deeley
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 4:18 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] looking to interview

I'm not an attorney, however, I am wondering if you can share more
information about your thesis and perhaps let us know if you are testing
some sort of hypothesis.
Steve ----- Original Message -----
From: "Johnny Russo" <johnnyrusso at windstream.net>
To: <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 10:18 AM
Subject: [blindlaw] looking to interview


> Greetings,
>
>                I am a totally blind graduate student at Texas A&M 
> University.  I am preparing my thesis and need to interview a couple 
> of totally blind attorneys to find out how they perform their work 
> without sight.  If anyone can assist me, contact me at: 
> johnnyrusso at windstream.net Thank You.
>
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