[blindlaw] looking to interview

[Steve P. Deeley]

Very interesting study.  Thank you for the explanation!  I hope you will let 
us know how we can read your thesis when it is complete.
Steve
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Johnny Russo" <johnnyrusso at windstream.net>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 11:38 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] looking to interview


> 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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