[BlindTlk] [BlTlk] Hard for blind people to find jobs.

[Carly Mihalakis]

Evening, everyone,

         Los both ocular organs to blastoma at 
age 18 months. Grew up a total child whom 
excelled in reading, writing and foreign language 
which I guess are common blastoma strengths as is 
a  certain facility with athletics. But beyond 
all that, I started to notice how all sorts of 
numbers including employment appeared to promise 
total and immediate depressive ness if not 
handled with proper care So I have always tried 
to ally myself with other groups whose outcomes 
looked as abysmal  as our's. I guess It is from 
such peers that I have found myself not getting 
too disillusioned or apathetic. This speaks to 
the magic present in being careful to ally 
oneself with folks whom share your boat.
Car At 07:54 AM 11/29/2020, Judy Jones via BlindTlk wrote:
>Hi, Sydney,
>
>It has always been the case that blind people 
>have to work harder at finding and maintaining 
>employment. Nevertheless, we do find and 
>maintain employment, and can be very successful. 
>Our NFB literature speaks quite adequately to 
>this issue, especially some written by Dr. Jernigan.
>
>One of the reasons for this is that the blind 
>are such a tiny minority in society, even 
>compared to other disability groups. Because of 
>this, we are little understood, and we 
>continually are ineducation mode, when it comes 
>to debunking myths and stereotypes of blindness.
>Therefore, if we are going to make our way and 
>prove ourselves and our skills in the work 
>world, we statistically average more 
>pre-employment interviews, and need to make sure 
>such skills as reading, writing and spelling are 
>top-notch. Dictation is no substitute.
>
>Example. in a post I read just above this one, 
>someone referred to a board meeting, spelling 
>the word noun board as the adjective bored. The 
>spellings of both words are difference, but 
>screen readers alone will not point out these 
>differences when simply reading back. There were 
>other obvious Siri mistakes in the post as well.
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: sydney via BlTlk
>To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
>Date: Sunday, November 29, 2020 01:15 AM
>Subject: [BlindTlk] Hard for blind people to find jobs.
>
>Hi, everyone:
>
>There is a huge problem for some blind people 
>that they are facing. It could be hard for some 
>blind people to get a job, because some work 
>places don't want to hier them, because they're blind.
>
>I've heard them talk about this alot in the 
>national conventions. This year in our virtual 
>convention, I've heard them talking about this.
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