[nabs-l] Disclosing disabilities

[Ashley Bramlett]

Jim,
Glad you interviewed for the position.  Perhaps they're taking longer to 
decide.  You did the right thing by disclosing you cannot drive and your 
visual limitations.
I think driving on the job is rather hazardess.  So don't do it!  If you 
want such a position, find an alternative.  Could rehab help pay for a 
driver?  They pay for readers.
How about geting a volunteer driver?

I think you should be more open to other jobs to build experience.  What was 
your degree in?  How about doing a jobwith parks that does not involve 
driving?  Maybe working at an information desk.
Also what is your vision and acuity?  You have a lot and I can see why you 
are struggling whether to use it or not.

Ashley
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Reed" <jim275_2 at yahoo.com>
To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 2:20 PM
Subject: [nabs-l] Disclosing disabilities


> Hello,
> First, I know the email link I provided was from the UK. I sent it because 
> alot of the information was general, it did not pertain specificly to 
> British law.
>
> Second, I just had a job interview on thursday. I was applying for a 
> Survey Coordinator position with Montana Fish, WIldlife, and Parks. The 
> survey will be conducted on recreationist on the Madision River in MT. The 
> job involves talking to visitors, collecting data, analyising the data and 
> writing a report.
>
> I still have much of my vision, so those task are not problematic. The 
> problem is that the position involves driving to survey sites (the river 
> is 170 miles long). I have recently decided that driving is becoming less 
> and less of a good idea for me. So I had an internal battle as to whether 
> to tell MT FWP, or not. My dad was telling me not to tell them because 
> "your only going to be driving on backroads, theres nothing for you to 
> hit." My voc rehab councelor was telling me to wait until after I was 
> offered a job to disclose. And the President of the Montana state 
> affiliate suggested waiting until the end of the interview. This was the 
> advice I chose to follow.
>
> One of the things that made me apply for the job was that I thought I 
> would be supervising two employees, and I thought I would be able to ride 
> out to the river with them. Well, I got triped up in the interview when I 
> was told that MTFWP had not yet decided if they were going to hire those 
> extra people. At that point I didnt know what to do. My plans for using 
> those other two employees as drivers (reasonable accomidation) went out 
> the window. I did not follow the "6 p's" and I paid for it (the 6 P"s are 
> Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance). I had no plan for what to 
> do if those other employees wouldnt be avaliable. So, I stuck with my 
> original plan; At the end of the interview, I disclosed the fact that I 
> couldnt drive. They said they appreciated me being honest.
>
> Anyhow, the interview was on Thursday, they were supposed to have made a 
> desision on Friday. Today is Saturday, and I still havent heard anything. 
> I hope I didn't disclose myself right out of a job.
>
> This really sucks because my goal is to work as a public land manager. I 
> have had enopugh bosses and summer jobs to know that once you reach the 
> full-time permant positions, it is almost all office work. The problem is, 
> in order to get those full-time permant positions, you must first "pay 
> your dues" by working in the field. And almost all field jobs involve 
> driving. I am almost at a point where I am willing to drive inorder to 
> obtain the summer jobs that will lead to full-time work. as the saying 
> goes "get rich or die trying". I am almost willing to "succed or die 
> trying." If only I could insure I wouldnt kill anyone else in the 
> process...
>
> Jim
>
> "Ignorance killed the cat; curiosity was framed."
>
>
>
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