[nfbcs] Fake Cover Letters Expose Discrimination Against Disabled

[John G Heim]

Well, my boss is like that too. She once handed me a printout forgetting 
I couldn't read it. But I am not sure what the point of this is. I don't 
think anybody would ever dispute that there are plenty of open minded 
people out there. The question is whether there is any point in even 
bothering to interview with someone who is not so open minded.



On 03/10/2016 11:00 PM, Joseph C. Lininger via nfbcs wrote:
> Here's something interesting to consider. I have exactly the opposite 
> problem as that described here. This story may seem like bragging. I 
> promise that is not my intention; I'm telling you about this to 
> illustrate a point.
>
> One of the gals I work with (used to be my supervisor before she got 
> transfered) has gotten so used to me and my abilities that she simply 
> can't accept that the disability could or would be a factor in a 
> company's hiring dicision or in the way people behave toward me. I 
> work for the Air Force, and there's a possibility I will need to find 
> a different place to work within the organization. I expressed 
> concerns about finding a new position, and she mentioned private 
> sector employment (with much higher pay) as a possibility if, in her 
> words, "the air force is too stupid to want to keep you." I mentioned 
> to her the difficulties of getting hired, and her response was 
> something like, "No way. You have years of experience, a computer 
> science degree, and you're working on a Ph.D. I don't believe a 
> company would turn you down just because of that." She is a rare 
> exception to the general rule, and to be honest it's something I never 
> knew how much I appreciated until I actually worked for someone like 
> that. She even forgets the disability at times. Once she was talking 
> about how i would need to travel some place. I asked her for more 
> specific directions, and she was like, "Oh yeah, I forgot." She may 
> have been apologetic, but I took it as a compliment. It meant she saw 
> me as a whole person, not just a disability.
> Joe
>
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