[humanser] Drivers license requirement for employment

[Darla Rogers]

 Dear J.D.

	Would you elaborate, when you have time, on how you presented
differently; how you handled questions to get them away from seeing your
blindness more than your qualifications?
Darla


-----Original Message-----
From: humanser [mailto:humanser-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of JD Townsend
Sent: Wednesday, December 25, 2013 6:29 PM
To: Sandy; Human Services Mailing List
Subject: Re: [humanser] Drivers license requirement for employment

Dear Sandy:


You write wonderfully and make interesting, provocative points.

The shock you write about at meeting a blind person is not experienced by my
patients or other staff except for, perhaps, at first meeting. As a
psychotherapist my work is all in the relationship between the patient and
myself,  through the working of that relationship is the growth and
transformation we work to achieve.

Of course my hair color, white, my sex, my height, how I dress, my primary
language, my speech patterns, my body language and, especially, my ever
present coffee mug all play a part in my presentation as does my white cane.

It is all grist for the mill of our relationship.

At one time in my career I believed, as you seem to, that my blindness was
my most important identifying feature.  At that time I had over 50 job
interviews with no job offers.  That's correct 50 face to face interviews. 
After reading again some of the speaches of Kenneth Jurnigan I changed my
attitude.  I decided that I would not allow blindness to identify me.  I was
offered jobs after my next 3 interviews!  That's correct 3 job offers.

How we feel about ourselves is what best defines us.


JD



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