I am and thanks yeah nice suppoort huh? just from the people should be doing what they can to support us. thanks though will check out job line. ----- Original Message ----- From: "JD TownsendJD TOWNSEND" < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 26, 2005 9:28 PM Subject: Re: [Braillenote] for folks who've had rehab upgradewiththeirequipment
> Hi: > > As silly as it seems, getting a job isn't something that most State blindness rehab counselors help much with in the USA. They seem only to be interested in the final resulting job. So, they often won't see a gps system as important unless you can demonstrate that it is a part of an actual job. I would consider how gps might effect you in employment situations. Here are some examples: > I want to consider jobs that require me to travel between several locations, or to travel in the city, county, state, nation or internationally. > The jobs I'm looking at require me to travel to conferences and meetings on a regular basis. > As a member of the NFB (ACB) or other national blindness organization I need to travel to various local, state, national, or international meetings and this involvement assists me in forming positive employment contacts as a member of the Office Workers, Human Service Worker, Attorney, Teacher, or whatever division fits. > > > To me the work of job hunting might well benefit from having gps technology. To be able to demonstrate that you can arrive easily at a new location easily and without arriving distraught and exhausted by the effort seems important. But, those people in US blindness services often don't have the idea that blind people are actually employable so they don't like to support us with adaptive equipment until we have the job. At that time we have to learn both new adaptive devices and a new job at the same time -- overwhelming. > > With luck you will get the equipment in time to learn to use it. However, in any case I wish you good luck with your job search. You might try JobLine if you are looking for a job in the USA. > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >
