[Electronics-talk] Telework/work fromhome/workvirtually/telecommute?

Sat Jan 4 20:53:58 UTC 2014

Jenny,

Thanks for what you posted; I do agree with you.  We shouldn't all have to 
have the same opinion, nor should we have to totally agree with the NFB.

Sandy

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From: "Snow White Dove" <jlperdue3 at gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 3:08 PM
To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Telework/work 
fromhome/workvirtually/telecommute?

> Look, I don’t feel like I should have to go and spend GOD knows how long 
> at an NFB center.  Then relocate cause they don’t have anything in my 
> area.
>
> sorry, I don’t believe or agree that the NFB is the be all and end all.
>
> I have done my research.  I know of what I speak of.
>
> Don’t give me a lecture about that crap cause it do’t fly with me.
>
> I bust it all the time trying to find legitimate work.  Sorry if I don’t 
> live up to NFB cultish belief that if you’re not working or don’t go to 
> their blessed raining facilities and relocate to wherever in the country 
> to work that I’m nothing.
>
> Sorry, I don’t play that way.
>
> I don’t appreciate being spoken to that way.  I did fall through the 
> cracks in the public school system.  That wasn’t my fault.
>
> I begged my parents to send me to a school for the blind but that didn’t 
> happen.  I taught myself braille when I was 26 years old without any help 
> thank you.
>
> If someone can speak to me that way, I can let you know my story and dish 
> it out too.
>
> Jenny
> On Jan 3, 2014, at 10:27 PM, Peter Donahue <pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> Good evening everyone,
>>
>>   Don't take a job where you have to pay for something to work or become 
>> financially independent? No. Beg your state V.R. agency to send you to 
>> school so you can work life's 50-year plan and at the end of the day end 
>> up back in the crap hole. We'll work the 2 to 5 year plan any day and be 
>> able to buy our own access technology, pay for training at an NFB center, 
>> being able to contribute more to the work of the NFB, the list goes on.
>>
>>   Finally before you ever slam any type of work or business opportunity a 
>> word to the wise is to investigate it's credibility before taking the 
>> plunge and be sure that the sources of information are reliable. The 
>> Internet is a great place to obtain information about employment and 
>> business opportunities but it can also be a source of much misinformation 
>> such as that contained in the quotes below. Any company that has survived 
>> for 50 years, has undergone serious scrutiny by the Federal Government 
>> and other regulators,has earned national and international recognition 
>> for its achievements, and has survived the test of time deserves serious 
>> consideration particularly when a blind gentlemen achieved tremendous 
>> success with professional networking in the late 1970s long before there 
>> was any kind of adaptive computer technology, the Internet, smart 
>> phones,etc. We ourselves know from whence we speak because we're very 
>> familiar with network marketing and will not sit by and tolerate anyone 
>> slamming something that has the potential to create a far brighter 
>> picture for blind individuals today as it did in the 1970s. Given this 
>> man's success it's a sad commentary on the blind community that there are 
>> not large numbers of us following in his heals. How disgusting! Let's 
>> begin changing that by following his example and large numbers of us 
>> particularly the Gen-Y folks on paths to personal freedom and financial 
>> independence instead of being stuck in life's 50-year plan complete with 
>> unnecessary barriers put before us by society and its mistaken beliefs 
>> about the abilities of the blind.
>>
>> Peter Donahue who looks forward to attending future NFB conventions and 
>> hearing how blind individuals gave the rehab system the boot in favor of 
>> financial independence, parents of blind children who took control of 
>> their child's education by hiring highly-skilled professionals to teach 
>> their kids blindness skills instead of messing with a public school 
>> system that refuses to believe in the capabilities of blind children, the 
>> list goes on.
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> From: "Snow White Dove" <jlperdue3 at gmail.com>
>> To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Friday, January 03, 2014 9:52 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Telework/work from 
>> home/workvirtually/telecommute?
>>
>>
>> That’s the other thing about the work from home jobs that I saw.
>>
>> I was not and am not about to pay for my own blood sweat and time to work 
>> for someone.
>>
>> thanks for that advice, and hope you are doing well there.
>>
>> Also, others need to remember that advice too.
>>
>> there’s no amount of desperation that should ever get someone to pay to 
>> work.  It doesn’t come out well.  Something else I’ve learned from hard 
>> experience.
>>
>> Jenny
>> On Jan 3, 2014, at 9:45 PM, Darla Rogers <djrogers0628 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Der Jenny,
>>>
>>> Even the medical transcribing jobs are going away; a friend checked
>>> on one--for a  large company--don't  remember which one it was, but when
>>> they interviewed him, they wanted money.
>>> Do not ever take a work-at-home job that requires you to pay
>>> anything, not including jobs like Avon or Amway where you may have to
>>> purchase a kit or something.
>>> Darla
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>> Behalf Of Snow White Dove
>>> Sent: Friday, January 03, 2014 9:38 PM
>>> To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Telework/work from home/work
>>> virtually/telecommute?
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm sorry I'm coming late as usual to this, but I'd like to know the 
>>> same
>>> thing.
>>>
>>> I don't want to do medical transcription.  That is what a lot of Blind
>>> people do at home from what I've seen.
>>>
>>> If there is any ideas, please share.
>>>
>>> Jenny
>>> On Jan 2, 2014, at 10:41 PM, Lisa D Porter <lisaporter429 at yahoo.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Lauren,
>>>> I'm definitely with you here. I want to work and have good skills, but
>>> we're getting ready to move to a small town with terrible transportation 
>>> so
>>> Telework may be my only option.
>>>> Lisa
>>>>
>>>> "Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, 
>>>> safe
>>> in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you "
>>>> - Princes Diana
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 1/2/2014 11:16 PM, Lauren Merryfield wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> I wish someone would tell us some options for teleworking as a blind
>>> person.
>>>>> What kinds of work are blind people doing from home and what are the
>>>>> options available?
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> Lauren
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>>>> On Behalf Of Makkawy, Amin
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 6:45 PM
>>>>> To: 'electronics-talk at nfbnet.org'
>>>>> Subject: [Electronics-talk] Telework/work from home/work
>>>>> virtually/telecommute?
>>>>>
>>>>> Deadline extended! Partake in my survey and be entered into a raffle
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> In mid-December I distributed a survey regarding the experiences of
>>>>> blind teleworkers. Due to the great incites obtained, I am opening up
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>>>>> teleworker/work from home and identify as blind/visually impaired),
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>>>>>
>>>>> To participate or in order  to learn more, navigate to the following
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>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Happy 2014,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Amin Makkawy
>>>>>
>>>>> Communication Studies Master's Candidate University of North Carolina
>>>>> at Charlotte
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> From: Makkawy, Amin
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 10:58 AM
>>>>>
>>>>> To: 'electronics-talk at nfbnet.org'
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> My name is Amin Makkawy. I am a graduate student at the University of
>>>>> North Carolina Charlotte conducting research on the workplace
>>>>> experience of blind and/or visually impaired employees who work
>>>>> virtually (also known as teleworking or working remotely).
>>>>>
>>>>> If you are over 18 years old, identify as visually impaired and/or
>>>>> blind, and have been employed fulltime for the last six months in a
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Respectfully,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Amin Makkawy
>>>>>
>>>>> M.A. Student: Department of Communication Studies UNC Charlotte
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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