[Nfbwv-talk] Fw: [announce] Employment Project

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From: Mitch Pomerantz 
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Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 4:52 PM
Subject: [announce] Employment Project

Colleagues:

The information below may be of interest to those of you who are currently
employed.

Mitch Pomerantz, President
American Council of the Blind
**********
"Blind People at Work in the world:

Some often incredible but true success stories".

CALL FOR SUCCESS STORIES.

Thirteen years ago, the book "Blind People at Work" got published in France
under my direction to give blind people, organizations trusted with their
professional guidance, public and private employers and the general public a
better knowledge of the jobs we could access to. Thanks to 106 success
stories, more than 75 activities were then presented, covering very
different aspects, such as:

  a.. Reception-Communication, 
  b.. Administration, 
  c.. Agriculture, 
  d.. Arts and Shows, 
  e.. Craft industry, 
  f.. Commerce-Trade, 
  g.. Teaching-Education, 
  h.. Industrial issues, 
  i.. Law, 
  j.. Medical-Paramedical, 
  k.. Politics, 
  l.. Press-Audiovisual, 
  m.. Sciences-Research-Computer science, 
  n.. Social work.

The publication was successful since under various formats, more than 1,500
copies of the book were sold, several radio programs and TV interviews took
place, many press articles were published, and I received a great number of
success stories.

Since May 1999, the blind employment situation has changed: some new careers
have appeared, jobs considered < traditional > are disappearing, whereas
some others are still very common and buoyant in the employment market. Even
if the global economy crisis and the growth of unemployment in the developed
countries are increasingly challenging for the disabled employment, in spite
of the measures undertaken in many countries to encourage it, I maintain
that any blind person who wants it must, like any other citizen, have the
right to work so as to obtain decent resources and occupy his/her place in
the society.

That's the reason why the book publisher in 1999 has just accepted to issue
with me a second edition, planned for the second half of 2013.

We wish to do better than the first time:

-          Thanks to the support of WBU members associations, which help
will be required during the General Assembly of next November, and thanks to
the facilities of communication offered today by the web, I wish to gather
success stories from all over the world, whereas in the first issue hardly
more than 10% of the articles were coming from out of France. The experience
taught me that in Asia, Africa, America or elsewhere, even if cultures and
economic conditions are very different from those of Europe, we can collect
innovating experiences and good practices to emulate so as to extend the
range of occupations accessible to blind or seriously visually impaired
people.

-          An issue in English, and maybe in other languages, will greatly
help widen the dissemination of this book.

-          Its distribution will be offered to every WBU members
associations, and they might create in situ some adapted format releases.

-          An electronic version could be made available on line so that the
visually impaired can download it.

-          Any other suggestion is more than welcomed.

Each success story, of between 5 to 7,000 spaced characters, will clearly
present the job practiced, the challenges faced and how they were overcome,
the technical support received, the positive aspects to underline and
recommendations to make to any other person wishing to take the same
professional path. The story will be chosen according to its originality,
the clearness of the information contained and the possibility to replicate
it in other countries. 

If you are totally blind, that is if you cannot use any vision remain at
work, if the revenue you obtain from your job is enough for you to make a
living, if you are satisfied with the activity you are developing, and if
you wish to share your experience with other blind people, I would greatly
appreciate your contacting me either by e-mail: blindatwork at phchazal.fr ; or
by post: 3 rue des Chantiers 75005 Paris (France), preferably in French,
English, Italian or Spanish. Together, we will shape you success story. I
will also give an answer to any additional question you may have.

Around thirty of the contacted people to contribute with their story have
answered favorably, but this is only the beginning and I'm still very much
in need of you all to carry out my project. So please talk about it to all
your friends. I also thank in advance all the associations that will receive
this letter and disseminate it through their newspapers and information
bulletins, on their sites. Because the more success stories I'll receive
from you, the more different this second "Blind People at Work" release will
be from the first and the more interest it'll raise and, as it occurred in
1999, the closer it'll be from reaching its goal.

It was my pleasure to prepare the first issue, since it was for me the
opportunity to meet many people and discover their extremely exciting
success stories. If you so wish, you can help me and repeat this wonderful
experience.

Many thanks to you all and warm regards,

Philippe CHAZAL.

Contact information:

e-mail: blindatwork at phchazal.fr ;

or by post: 3 rue des Chantiers 75005 Paris (France

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