[blindlaw] FW: The Wall Street Journal: When It Comes to Hiring, Blind Workers Face Bias
Olusegun -- Victory Associates LTD, Inc.
ukekearuaro at valtdnet.com
Wed Mar 20 20:32:26 UTC 2013
Mr. Alcidonis, well said. A factor that I believe contributes to gross
unemployment amongst the blind is the high cost of adaptive technology. The
price of adaptive equipment HAS NEVER GONE DOWN for any reason known or yet
to be known. The argument has always been that it's a small market.
Adaptive technology developers barely provide support for a good deal of
mainstream software, especially those needed in professional settings like
law, accounting, etc. Blind colleagues in the proverbial third world
countries who barely have any access to adaptive technology are often amazed
when I tell them that there is gross unemployment and underemployment
amongst the blind in the United States! Most of them don't believe this to
be the case in a super-power nation like the United States.
Like you, I sure hope that the organizations who claim to serve the blind
will truly find a better way of addressing the issue a bit better than what
trhey are doing currently. I'm sitting here wondering how much longer it
will be fore the Dept. of Treasury to come up with a way of making the
dollar bill easily identifiable without me having to use 500 talking gadgets
to do so.
Sincerely,
Olusegun
Denver, Colorado
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