[humanser] Drivers license requirement for employment

[Sandy]

JD,

I agree with you as I have not told ahead of an interview that I am a blind 
person.  There are some, including one businessman I know, who thinks we are 
deceiving people when we do not disclose blindness prior to an interview.


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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