[humanser] Response to Driver's License Concerns

[Sandy]

Alyssa,

Sorry that there is not a group in the MA NASW that deals with disabilities. 
Back in like 2007, my friend was in a group designated for social workers 
with disabilities, and they wanted to deal with legislative issues.


Sandy

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From: "Alyssa Munsell" <alyssa53105 at comcast.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2014 8:14 PM
To: <humanser at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [humanser] Response to Driver's License Concerns

> Hi everyone,
>
>
>
> I just caught up with all the NFB e-mails from the last couple weeks 
> because
> I haven't had e-mail access. The driving issue has been a prevalent one 
> for
> me, too. I moved to Boston, MA from NH to take advantage of the public
> transit. While the public  transit here has made my life a lot easier, I
> thought it would help me a lot more in regards to jobs. Many jobs in 
> social
> services require a car because you need to drive to client's homes or to
> different community locations. I know a few sighted people who have taken
> these types of jobs without cars, and they said it was a nightmare to 
> travel
> so often on public transit. Much of their job became being on the transit
> lines.
>
>
>
> In MA at least, I think it is really rare that employers will pay for you 
> to
> have a driver, especially with the budget cuts so many non-profit and
> government organizations are going through right now. I want to, and
> probably will, apply for a job at a domestic violence shelter I used to
> volunteer at. The supervisor really liked me, and told me to let her know 
> if
> I ever need a job. A driver's license is not required, and in fact, only a
> couple employees have cars at all. However, I think the fact that they use 
> a
> remote desktop server is definitely going to be a challenge because they 
> are
> not accessible at all with screen-reading software, but I've been told 
> that
> JAWS can be scripted for it. The other bigger issue is that they do
> community outreach, usually by going to court with clients. The sighted
> employees have used public transit to get to courthouses, but more often,
> they borrow another employee's car for that time. This would be 
> challenging
> for me because not all courthouses are accessible through public transit,
> and even if they were, where I'd need to be would change depending on 
> which
> court the person is at.
>
>
>
> Ideas?
>
>
>
> Also, to answer your question, Sandy, about whether the NASW has a
> disability group, I don't think they do.
>
>
>
> Alyssa
>
>
>
>
>
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