[NAGDU] guide dogs and employment events

[Michael Hingson]

Jessica,

Thanks for emailing the list. You chose to use a guide dog to improve your
mobility in your life. If you are committed to using a guide dog then you
should by all means use your dog wherever you go. Your guide is a
"reasonable accommodation" and is not a reason for refusing to hire you.
Your dog can be used by you to educate prospective employers about how
competent you are, but they should not be judging you on whether you are
blind or not. Nor should they be judging you on whether you use a guide dog
or not.

>From reading your email my impression is that this is really about your
confidence. That is under your control.

Go get em at the hiring event and come back and tell us that you got the
job. 


Best Regards,


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-----Original Message-----
From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jessica
Glasebrook via NAGDU
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2017 6:43 AM
To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
Cc: Jessica Glasebrook <jessica.glasebrook at gmail.com>
Subject: [NAGDU] guide dogs and employment events

Hi, all! I'm a brand-new guide dog handler (The clueless nature of this
question should have given that away!), and I just had a quick question
about bringing a guide to a hiring event.  I have a recruiting mixer tonight
for middle-school teaching positions.  
It's going to be very crowded and overwhelming, because it's in one of those
big, open-plan, co-working spaces.  Anyway, I'm conflicted.  It's a lousy
environment for guidework, but, at the same time, I feel any potential
employer needs to know I have a guide and see how well-behaved and
disciplined he is.  I currently work in a school and everyone there is
accepting of Nigel, but this school would be a new ball game, and I want to
make sure I'm making a good impression while still being frank about my
mobility tools.  What should I do? Should I bring Nigel, or just use a cane
and tell them about Nigel?
Jessica

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