[humanser] Drivers license requirement for employment

[Carly Mihalakis]

Good morning, Sandy,

         Well ideally, you could illustrate how such tasks are 
executed given your blindness and, if such an opportunity does not 
arise, you could just answer boss's questions. At 09:53 AM 
12/26/2013, Sandy wrote:
>Carlee,
>
>I understand your point.  In my opinion, when I go for an interview 
>and the employer knows nothing about my blindness, I am sure he/she 
>is going to wonder how paperwork and so on will get done.  I think 
>that telling the employer one's abilities, if you use cognitive 
>theory, etc. is important. Secondary to that, I believe it is okay 
>for me to give information as to how certain parts of the job can be 
>handled by me.  Blindness is not the same type of characteristic as 
>hair color, for example.
>
>
>Sandy
>
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>From: "Carly Mihalakis" <carlymih at comcast.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, December 25, 2013 4:58 AM
>To: "Sandy" <sandraburgess at msn.com>; "Human Services Mailing List" 
><humanser at nfbnet.org>; "Human Services Mailing List" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
>Subject: Re: [humanser] Drivers license requirement for employment
>
>>Good morning,
>>
>>It would seem to me that, inflicting a shocked state on to someone 
>>who interacts with you most likely will reduce conditions to that 
>>which many blind people resent, being seeing only for blindness and 
>>not for the flaming and colorful people, we often are.
>>I believe in blindness being so mythic amongst sighted cultures 
>>that, among the things of which we are without is a presumed 
>>entitlement of anonymity, blindness forever being a presence I came 
>>to know in deviance class, a master status or the single 
>>characteristic beyond anything else by which you are identified I.E 
>>Black president, gay teacher, deaf Ms. America among many others. 
>>It could be a sort of game.
>>
>>So, I do digress, it seems honest just to tell a potential employer 
>>this identifying characteristic of your's. After all, would you 
>>have a problem disclosing that you might be a blond, a redhead or Chinese?
>>for today, Car
>>
>>.
>>
>>
>>>Sandy
>>>
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>>>From: "JD Townsend" <43210 at Bellsouth.net>
>>>Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 10:29 PM
>>>To: "Human Services Mailing List" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
>>>Subject: Re: [humanser] Drivers license requirement for employment
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Sadly some folks are prejudice on the outset.  I took a 2 hour 
>>>>trip for an interview once and the interviewer told me at the 
>>>>door that the job was too intense for me, without even letting me 
>>>>speak;  seems my white cane said all she wanted to know.
>>>>
>>>>I learned after many interviews that I had to compete not as a 
>>>>blind applicant, but as the best applicant.  Some people tell an 
>>>>interviewer on the outset that they are blind or visually 
>>>>impaired, but I have never seen the wisdom in this.  I find that 
>>>>the initial hand-shake and the walk down long corridors to the 
>>>>interview room, finding my seat and addressing the real issues of 
>>>>the job have served me well.  When I have taken this attitude, 
>>>>ignoring my blindness as an issue, the interviews have gone much 
>>>>better.  I tell the interviewer that I dislike paperwork, but 
>>>>that I sleep much better when it is up to date;  should they ask 
>>>>me how I do it I say that I have PC add-ons that have served me 
>>>>well in the past and that it should not be a problem with 
>>>>whatever system they are using. Should they ask about 
>>>>transportation I tell them that I got here on my own and on time 
>>>>and that I should have no problem.  It isn't my job to explain 
>>>>about adaptive equipment or transportation, just that I can do 
>>>>the job, then I re-focus on my strengths as a clinical social 
>>>>worker and how I might fit my skills into serving the agency.
>>>>
>>>>If we allow disability or adaptations to become a focus of an 
>>>>interview instead of our skills and work ethic we have no chance 
>>>>for employment.
>>>>
>>>>Just my opinion, sorry for the lecture.
>>>>
>>>>JD
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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