[Nfbmo] barriers to blind employment

[James Moynihan]

Brian

I believe we passeed a resolution regarding this problem at our last state 
convention.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bryan Schulz" <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net>
To: <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 11:16 AM
Subject: [Nfbmo] barriers to blind employment


> hi,
>
> 1. an employment specialist should be able to explain to the employer that 
> jaws can be modified and may in fact work with their customer service 
> system instead of walking away when the employer says 'sorry, jaws won't 
> work with our system'.
>
> 2. when there are clients who want to apply to a company with known 
> adaptive imcompatible systems such as convergsys and enterprise, and the 
> engineer that rsb favors can't solve the issue, why is that engineer still 
> considered the favorite for every situation?
>
> Bryan Schulz
>
> ---original message---
>
> Fellow Federationists
>
> The rate of unemployment for the blind is between %70 and %80.  The 
> Employment Research Committee (ERC) is working on identifying the barriers 
> to employment of the blind and possible solutions.  Pleas state the 
> barriers that you believe contribute to blind unemployment and possible 
> solutions. Your assistance in this matter is greatly appreciated.
>
> Cordially,
>
> Jim Moynihan
>
> ERC Chair
>
>
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