<div dir="ltr">It is a burden on society to support blind people because they want hire us to do the jobs we are qualified and love to do. Should I be forced to work in a career field that is not right for me because I am blind? Today, the job push for all blind people is customer service and massage therapy. I can't stand to touch poeple's skin if I don't know them well and I would be bored being a call center employee. Those are great jobs if that is your interest but it is not mine. I love to teach and that is my passion. I love to teach children. All of my work experience has been with people with disabilities. I believe a TVI is a natural fit for my passion and experience. I think there are others who feel exactly as I do. I have chosen to teach braille and technology from my home via virtual instruction so I don't have to deal with transportation. I hope somone will decide to challenge the failure to provide a driver as a reasonable accommodation. <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 5:25 PM, adrijana prokopenko via PIBE-Division <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pibe-division@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">pibe-division@nfbnet.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Blind Piano tuners actually express the same concerns saying they need<br>
not one but a few more people to come there for them and do some of<br>
the things that only sighted people could do while they tune the piano<br>
and they say they are paying a fortune or giving up their jobs in the<br>
end because they can no longer manage that.<br>
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On 3/13/16, Sandy Bishop via PIBE-Division <<a href="mailto:pibe-division@nfbnet.org">pibe-division@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> My daughter is receiving services (starting tomorrow) from 2 itinerant TVIs<br>
> working from the Outreach department of MSB on a rotating basis (2 out of<br>
> every 3 days). They are covering the workload for a teacher who recently<br>
> retired in my county. It would be difficult (but not impossible) for a<br>
> non-driving TVI to do this job. They drive an hour from MSB/Baltimore-area<br>
> to my daughter's school to work with her for an hour. They have other<br>
> students at other schools in this county. They have worked in other<br>
> counties in Maryland. Arranging transportation from home (wherever that is)<br>
> to another county/school district, working with a caseload of students,<br>
> possibly not all located at the same school could be a nightmare. In my<br>
> area, public transportation is a joke and I have no idea how reliable or<br>
> timely the other options are. It could be why they are including the<br>
> driving qualification. Not saying it's right, but I can see the<br>
> difficulties of a non-driver to get to the various job/school sites.<br>
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>> From: Marianne Denning <<a href="mailto:marianne@denningweb.com">marianne@denningweb.com</a>><br>
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>> Subject: Re: [Pibe-division] Interesting job available at the Maryland<br>
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>> The requirement for a class C drivers' license is where I believe<br>
>> there is possible discrimination. Is that an essential function of<br>
>> the job or a reasonable accommodation? Many blind people have had<br>
>> jobs requiring a the ability to travel from one location to another<br>
>> and different options have been worked out.<br>
>> M<br>
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