[nfbcs] The Future of Technology: A Journey

[Kevin]

Would you say the same thing if the blind person was the employer?



On 8/12/2018 12:05 PM, Andy Borka via nfbcs wrote:
>> " Looking around at people I know, some of them have given up looking for
> work, after spending a lot of time and effort struggling against prejudices
> against hiring them and against inaccessible systems, including masses of
> hand-written paper."
> Just the point. We should be working on making employers understand their
> systems don't work, not necessarily the other way around. There are handfuls
> of qualified blind people. The problem isn't the blind people, it's the
> employers. Give the uplifting push to the qualified blind person, but
> sometimes employers need a very hard hit with the proverbial hammer.
>
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> From: nfbcs <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione via nfbcs
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> I don't know.  Looking around at people I know, some of them have given up
> looking for work, after spending a lot of time and effort struggling against
> prejudices against hiring them and against inaccessible systems, including
> masses of hand-written paper.  Also, there seem to be state agencies that
> exist to help blind people, but are actually contracting with poorly-run
> service providers.  I can see how people get discouraged and throw in the
> towel.  I'd think that offering encouragement and ideas they might not have
> thought of would be helpful.
>
> I'm sure, when I retire and try to volunteer for something, there will be
> lots of people telling me that a blind person has nothing to offer, no
> matter how successful that person has been in the past.  I'm sure I'll
> welcome some encouragement myself then.
> Tracy
>
>
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> We don't need to convince blind people to get out and work. We need to
> convince employers to hire qualified blind people to do the work. More
> people are denied work because of disability, age, and other protected
> classes set out by the ADA and EEOC. With a blog to convince blind people to
> get out and contribute, more employers might think we are lazy and can't do
> much. Besides, performing research doesn't pay the bills.
>
>
>
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> Subject: [nfbcs] The Future of Technology: A Journey
>
> I post this in the hopes that it inspires blind computer scientists to help
> the field as a whole advance.  Let's Encourage blind researchers to get out
> there!  I have created a blog of essays, algorithms, and anything related to
> computer science.  The goal is to show the world that blind people can have
> a voice in computer science.  The link is:
>
> http://tfotaj.blogspot.com
>
> Enjoy!  P.S. contributors are welcome.
>
>
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