Oh, keep sharing these experiences as well! It will help me to show them the mirror! RegardsSwati> From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:21:19 +0530 > Subject: Re: [AI] Employment Data needed on disability > > I completely agree with Sultana's observation about ITC Hotels. I have > personally interviewed with them at their hotel in Hyderabad and with an > added reference from their VP HR who has enough information and inputs about > inclusion of persons with disabilities. > > Despite being a professional from the hotel industry and many promises made > by the HR Manager, they have not ever responded to any follo up calls from > me. this was over 2 years ago. I understand the industry needs a lot of > visual inputs, but there are still roles like training which can be easily > fulfilled by a person with vision impairment. When asked by the HR Manager, > this was exactly what I told him I could do as could anyone else like > myself. Since I have the necessary industry experience and skills to carry > out this task with the minimal adjustments, it was not very nice to see they > didn't care and I had eventually wasted my time with the company. > > These are my personal thoughts based on first hand experience with them. > They must be definitely pushed to be more inclusive in their policies based > on the skill sets and industry experience an individual brings to their > table, rather than just look at the disability as an inability. > > -----Original Message----- > From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of ss sarfudeen > Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 5:38 PM > To: accessindia > Subject: [AI] Employment Data needed on disability > > Hai Swati, > > I would like to share some information with you based on my personal > experience, regarding exploring opportunities particularly at ITC > Hotels for people with disabilities. They do hire people with physical > disabilities for operational roles. However, there is no scope for > vision impaired persons to work there as they use an application > exclusively designed for ITC on the UNIX platform which does not > support JAWS. > > I strongly agree with Asif's statements about the discriminatory > attitude of corporates towards disabled people. > > Regards, > > Sultana > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessind > ia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in
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