[blindlaw] looking to interview

[Johnny Russo]

Steve,
	Thank you for your interest.  I'll keep you posted, and if you have
any information you would like to share, or people you want to recommend for
me to interview, just let me know.  Thank you again.   John Russo

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From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Steve P. Deeley
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 7:26 PM
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Subject: Re: [blindlaw] looking to interview

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
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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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