[NFBCS] How/when is it a good time to disclose

[Ryan Mann]

If you are working on-line, there is a chance that a web site you need to use isn’t accessible to a screen reader.  In that case, it seems like you would need to let your boss know.  That is, if you can’t figure out work arounds to accessiblity problems.
 

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> On Apr 23, 2020, at 4:28 PM, Greg Kearney via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> If you are working online and not in person is there any reason at all to divulge that you are blind? Or deaf, or in a wheelchair or dyslexic or what have you?
> 
> There is a famous cartoon with tow dog using a computer, one turns to the other and says: "On the internet no one knows your a dog."
> 
> Greg
> 
>> On Apr 23, 2020, at 2:40 PM, Brad Snyder via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Just my opinion, but blindness is not in it self a “disability”, rather it is an impairment of one of your senses.
>> When disclosing your vision impairment, I suggest you discuss how you implement various techniques to overcome or work-around your impairment.
>> 
>> - Brad -
>> 
>> 
>> 
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>> On Apr 23, 2020, at 14:10, Haoran Wen via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Tracy,
>> Thank you for your response.
>> I completely did not consider filling out physical forms and such.
>> I will definitely reach out to my HR correspondent and ask more about the
>> logistics.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Haoran
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