Hi, All,<BR /><BR />Yes, and we do have to work harder, as a group, to secure employment.<BR /><BR />I'm retired now, and I am one of those who has been able to gain employment. I had some parttime summer jobs as a teen and first started my teaching career in 1975.<BR /><BR />After several years, during a marriage, and a couple of moves, I ended up in the blindness field, and retired from the state in 2017.<BR /><BR />One troubling trend I'm seeing, especially as a braille reader on lists to which I'm subscribed, is the equivalent of fouforth-grade spelling coming out from many subscribers. Much of it wouldn't be apparent if just listening to a screen reader.<BR /><BR />I see obviously-dictated e-mails with little punctuation, creating run-on sentences, and mixed homonyms.<BR /><BR />Then there are those who honestly can't spell, but since the screen reader pronounces the word correctly, these errors aren't caught.<BR /><BR />One example: I saw the word "awkward" being spelled auquard. For those of you using screen reader only, check out the last spelling.<BR /><BR />These lists are lists meant for communication and not subject to classroom or employer scrutiny, so I am really hoping that people are taking extra care when expected to turn in stellar written work for an instructor or employer.<BR /><BR />I'm guilty, myself, of hitting the Send button sometimes before proofing, but these are skills of which we should be conscious, and strive for excellence. <BR /><BR />While neither are magic keys to the top class grade or the job, they are expectations that need to be met.<BR /><BR /><BR />----- Original Message -----<BR />From: Jude DaShiell via BlindTlk <blindtlk@nfbnet.org><BR />To: Kevin via BlindTlk <blindtlk@nfbnet.org><BR />Date: Sunday, November 29, 2020 10:53 AM<BR />Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] Hard for blind people to find jobs.<BR /><BR />While education does not necessarily equal skills blind people do not<BR />have identical entry-level opportunities as the rest of the population.<BR />They cannot walk into a Military recruiter's office and enter any of the<BR />Armed Forces branches and acquire the experience while serving their<BR />country. Do understand this does not apply to Switzerland or Israel.<BR />Other than that though, working-age blind people as a whole have some<BR />respectable education levels achieved.<BR /><BR />Such employment difficulties like these do emanate drug and alcohol<BR />abuse and those in turn eventually feed into the prison pipeline.<BR /><BR />On Sun, 29 Nov 2020, Kevin via BlindTlk wrote:<BR /><BR />> Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2020 13:37:28<BR />> From: Kevin via BlindTlk <blindtlk@nfbnet.org><BR />> To: blindtlk@nfbnet.org<BR />> Cc: Kevin <kevinsisco61784@gmail.com><BR />> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] Hard for blind people to find jobs.<BR />><BR />> As someone who is self-employed I may not be the best person to comment but in<BR />> the past I have noticed this to be true. Sometimes, however, it is do to the<BR />> skills of the blind person.<BR />><BR />> Kevin<BR />><BR />> http://kclive.buzzsprout.com<BR />><BR />><BR />> On 11/29/2020 8:35 AM, sydney via BlindTlk wrote:<BR />> > I was just wondering, because I've heard things like this at convention.<BR />> > _______________________________________________<BR />> > BlindTlk mailing list<BR />> > BlindTlk@nfbnet.org<BR />> > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindtlk_nfbnet.org<BR />> > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for<BR />> > BlindTlk:<BR />> > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindtlk_nfbnet.org/kevinsisco61784%40gmail.com<BR />><BR />><BR /><BR />-- <BR /><BR />_______________________________________________<BR />BlindTlk mailing list<BR />BlindTlk@nfbnet.org<BR />http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindtlk_nfbnet.org<BR />To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for BlindTlk:<BR />http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindtlk_nfbnet.org/sonshines59%40gmail.com