[nfbcs] The Future of Technology: A Journey

Sun Aug 12 16:58:52 UTC 2018

Our point is people motivated to do their best, not lazy people who need discipline at work.

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We must remember to use discernment.  Discrimination is wrong of course.  However, I have known some to do less than there best, get fired, and cry discrimination.  I am not pointing fingers at anyone by saying this, but I feel the need to point out that it happens.

On 8/12/2018 12:39 PM, Andy Borka via nfbcs wrote:
> Yes, if that blind employer discriminated against another disabled 
> candidate. The law doesn't exempt disabled employers from 
> discriminating against candidates.
>
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> Would you say the same thing if the blind person was the employer?
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> On 8/12/2018 12:05 PM, Andy Borka via nfbcs wrote:
>>> " Looking around at people I know, some of them have given up 
>>> looking for
>> work, after spending a lot of time and effort struggling against 
>> prejudices against hiring them and against inaccessible systems, 
>> including masses of hand-written paper."
>> Just the point. We should be working on making employers understand 
>> their systems don't work, not necessarily the other way around. There 
>> are handfuls of qualified blind people. The problem isn't the blind 
>> people, it's the employers. Give the uplifting push to the qualified 
>> blind person, but sometimes employers need a very hard hit with the
> proverbial hammer.
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>> I don't know.  Looking around at people I know, some of them have 
>> given up looking for work, after spending a lot of time and effort 
>> struggling against prejudices against hiring them and against 
>> inaccessible systems, including masses of hand-written paper.  Also, 
>> there seem to be state agencies that exist to help blind people, but 
>> are actually contracting with poorly-run service providers.  I can 
>> see how people get discouraged and throw in the towel.  I'd think 
>> that offering encouragement and ideas they might not have thought of 
>> would be
> helpful.
>> I'm sure, when I retire and try to volunteer for something, there 
>> will be lots of people telling me that a blind person has nothing to 
>> offer, no matter how successful that person has been in the past.  
>> I'm sure I'll welcome some encouragement myself then.
>> Tracy
>>
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>> We don't need to convince blind people to get out and work. We need 
>> to convince employers to hire qualified blind people to do the work. 
>> More people are denied work because of disability, age, and other 
>> protected classes set out by the ADA and EEOC. With a blog to 
>> convince blind people to get out and contribute, more employers might 
>> think we are lazy and can't do much. Besides, performing research 
>> doesn't pay the
> bills.
>>
>>
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>> I post this in the hopes that it inspires blind computer scientists 
>> to help the field as a whole advance.  Let's Encourage blind 
>> researchers to get out there!  I have created a blog of essays, 
>> algorithms, and anything related to computer science.  The goal is to 
>> show the world that blind people can have a voice in computer science.  The link is:
>>
>> http://tfotaj.blogspot.com
>>
>> Enjoy!  P.S. contributors are welcome.
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