[blindlaw] FW: The Wall Street Journal: When It Comes to Hiring, Blind Workers Face Bias

[Olusegun -- Victory Associates LTD, Inc.]

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