[humanser] Response to Driver's License Concerns

[Carly Mihalakis]

Good morning, Alyssa,

Well, you could ask the body who places you to find you a placement 
at a courthouse that happens to be accessable by transit. Seems like 
a no-brainer?
for today, Car

/2014, Sandy wrote:
>Alyssa,
>
>Sorry that there is not a group in the MA NASW that deals with 
>disabilities. Back in like 2007, my friend was in a group designated 
>for social workers with disabilities, and they wanted to deal with 
>legislative issues.
>
>
>Sandy
>
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>From: "Alyssa Munsell" <alyssa53105 at comcast.net>
>Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2014 8:14 PM
>To: <humanser at nfbnet.org>
>Subject: [humanser] Response to Driver's License Concerns
>
>>Hi everyone,
>>
>>
>>
>>I just caught up with all the NFB e-mails from the last couple weeks because
>>I haven't had e-mail access. The driving issue has been a prevalent one for
>>me, too. I moved to Boston, MA from NH to take advantage of the public
>>transit. While the public  transit here has made my life a lot easier, I
>>thought it would help me a lot more in regards to jobs. Many jobs in social
>>services require a car because you need to drive to client's homes or to
>>different community locations. I know a few sighted people who have taken
>>these types of jobs without cars, and they said it was a nightmare to travel
>>so often on public transit. Much of their job became being on the transit
>>lines.
>>
>>
>>
>>In MA at least, I think it is really rare that employers will pay for you to
>>have a driver, especially with the budget cuts so many non-profit and
>>government organizations are going through right now. I want to, and
>>probably will, apply for a job at a domestic violence shelter I used to
>>volunteer at. The supervisor really liked me, and told me to let her know if
>>I ever need a job. A driver's license is not required, and in fact, only a
>>couple employees have cars at all. However, I think the fact that they use a
>>remote desktop server is definitely going to be a challenge because they are
>>not accessible at all with screen-reading software, but I've been told that
>>JAWS can be scripted for it. The other bigger issue is that they do
>>community outreach, usually by going to court with clients. The sighted
>>employees have used public transit to get to courthouses, but more often,
>>they borrow another employee's car for that time. This would be challenging
>>for me because not all courthouses are accessible through public transit,
>>and even if they were, where I'd need to be would change depending on which
>>court the person is at.
>>
>>
>>
>>Ideas?
>>
>>
>>
>>Also, to answer your question, Sandy, about whether the NASW has a
>>disability group, I don't think they do.
>>
>>
>>
>>Alyssa
>>
>>
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