<div dir="ltr">Sandy, the school could easily hire a driver who could hae other duties while the TVI is working with the students. We need to dispell those old notions. It is a job with the state of Maryland and they would have a hard time refusing that as a reasonable accommodation when we can show you states and districts all across the country who do that. Who better to teach a blind child than a highly qualified blind adult. <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 5:09 PM, Sandy Bishop 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"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#330033">My daughter is receiving services (starting tomorrow) from 2 itinerant TVIs working from the Outreach department of MSB on a rotating basis (2 out of every 3 days). They are covering the workload for a teacher who recently retired in my county. It would be difficult (but not impossible) for a non-driving TVI to do this job. They drive an hour from MSB/Baltimore-area to my daughter's school to work with her for an hour. They have other students at other schools in this county. They have worked in other counties in Maryland. Arranging transportation from home (wherever that is) to another county/school district, working with a caseload of students, possibly not all located at the same school could be a nightmare. In my area, public transportation is a joke and I have no idea how reliable or timely the other options are. It could be why they are including the driving qualification. Not saying it's right, but I can see the difficulties of a non-driver to get to the various job/school sites.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
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Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2016 16:44:29 -0500<br>
From: Marianne Denning <<a href="mailto:marianne@denningweb.com" target="_blank">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>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,0,51);display:inline">M</div><br></blockquote></div></div></div>
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