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<p>Haylie,</p>
<p>Does American Airlines have a phone number for accommodations
that you can call on their career website?</p>
<p>Mike<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/14/2022 1:38 PM, Haylie Gallacher
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<p class="MsoNormal">American Airlines is a definite problem
when it comes to this. Even after requesting accommodations
for the part of the assessment they use that is inaccessible,
they ignore it completely and keep sending you e-mails that
the assessment must be completed or you will be removed from
consideration. They never respond to any of the requests I
made for several positions with them when it came to part of
the assessment. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Haylie<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Job-Discussions] Equal Employment?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">On Sep 13,
2022, at 8:24 PM, Rhonda PartainRhonda via Job-Discussions
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello, whenever I have been presented
with an inaccessible assessment I send an email to the HR
department titled ADA accommodations request. That usually
gets me an answer.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Rhonda Partain<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Michael Walker via
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 13, 2022 9:17 PM<br>
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<b>Cc:</b> Michael Walker <<a
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Job-Discussions] Equal
Employment?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Richard,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This is a very interesting
discussion. What happens in a situation like this if you
contact your counselor through your states vocational
rehabilitation agency?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Also, if material on the job is not
accessible, how can you advocate for internal company
resources to be accessible? if parts of the job
application are not accessible, how likely is it that
internal company resources won’t be accessible? What
websites can help blind people locate companies that are
proactive in accessibility?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Mike<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Michael,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Welcome back! We split the Jobs
listserv into two separate ones a few years ago.
In response to your question, we see this problem
quite often. Diversity and Inclusion departments
often don't focus on blind people very much, and
some of the systems they use for recruitment are
not accessible. Making things accessible is their
problem, not yours. I say that because some
employers think it is the responsibility of job
applicants to figure out how to use their systems.
We can talk more about this, but here are some
basic suggestions:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Communicate with them,
preferably in writing, telling them that their
assessment site is not accessible and requesting
"reasonable accommodations for testing." I use
that term because it activates the ADA. You have a
right to reasonable accommodations in the job
application process. Ask them to respond within a
week, telling you what accommodations they are
going to make. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If they are uncooperative,
contact Valerie Yingling, who runs our legal
program, at <a href="mailto:vyingling@nfb.org"
moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">vyingling@nfb.org</a>.
She can talk to the employer and remind them of
their responsibilities. She can help you prepare a
legal complaint if they do not. Since I don't know
what their name is, I cannot tell you what laws
might cover them, but I do know that the
application process has to be accessible. Valerie
is the real expert on legal stuff. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">That's all for now. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best wishes, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dick Davis <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 5:31 PM
Michael Baldwin via Job-Discussions <<a
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Thank
you to those that responded to my earlier
question on employment gaps.]<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I
now have a question about EEO and applying
for a job.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I
applied for a job that requires an
assessment.<o:p></o:p></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">The
assessment, which they host on their own
website is not accessible with Jaws.<o:p></o:p></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I
contacted HR through their Twitter account.
This was the only way listed on their
website. And explained in general terms that
their assessment was not accessible. Their
response was that I should use Chrome and it
would work. So, I replied giving much more
detail, including disclosing my blindness. I
have not heard anything back from them.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">The
ironic part, they have a whole department
dedicated to Diversity and Inclusion.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Does
EEO and other employment laws extend to
assessments that are required for applying
for the job?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">This
is a large corporation that I would think
would be up to date on all the employment
laws.<o:p></o:p></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
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