[blindlaw] Employment matters

[Daniel McBride]

Hello Adrijana:

I cannot imagine why your post would make anyone mad. I did want to point
out the following. The Americans With Disabilities Act became effective July
26, 1990. In 2010, a study was conducted to compare the status of employment
of the disabled prior to the Act to the employment status of the disabled
after 20 years of the Act. The study found that the overall, meaningful
employment of the disabled had not improved one little bit through those 20
years. So, the proof is in the pudding.

I have been personally discriminated against numerous times over 30 years of
job seeking as a blind attorney. What I discovered through the process is
that the ADA does not prevent discrimination. Rather, it is simply another
"filter" through which prospective employers must strain us to deny us
employment.

Daniel McBride
Fort Worth, Texas

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Subject: [blindlaw] Employment matters

 Don't mean to make anyone feel bad by this post, but I have a feeling that
the unemployment of the blind all over the world is extremely high, even
among blind intelectuals. I guess the reasons for this vary, but I often
hear stories of how blind people get discriminated and are denied jobs just
because they are blind, not to mention that may get low paid jobs or jobs
way away from their homes that they often refuse, because of lack of support
regarding transportation.
Some still get jobs and are successful, but in order to keep solving this
problem together, I think we need to unite and keep supporting the rest who
need support. The more of us there are, the better it is and if we also get
the lawyers, the parents, teachers  and others to keep supporting us in
whatever way possible, I think that this would help us go forward in many
ways. Not many parents of blind children are rich to have business
established, but if you happen to have some, know of others who do or could
get the word across to as many people as possible about these problems, hope
you can really do so and even maybe join the NFB jobs list and contribute
there. If you also wish to join my facebook group, you can look it up as:
Jobs for the blind

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