What you have said is well put. You aren't off base at all in your post. So many things which should be taught blind students, regardless their University matriculation seems, from what I read on these lists to be lacking. Thereby more perfectly preparing them for the work world. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Granados" <scott@granados-llc.net> To: "Blind sysadmins list" <blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 11:50 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] A question for those on the list to answer:
I think there are bigger problems for the blind community that impact the employment rate than going to or not going to college / university. I’m talking about real basic personal presentation type things and the ability to interact professionally. That’s been my own experience though and may be off base.
That being said, I think a degree must help. Maybe I’m brainwashed and that’s not the route I went but I still think it has to help. If for nothing else it shows the candidate is put together enough to pass their classes and complete a long term project. I do agree by the time they get out it’s likely what they learned on the technical side is outdated but the basic concepts should not be.
On Oct 21, 2015, at 11:19 AM, Angel <angel238@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
If colleges and Universities are finding it difficult, or impossible to meet the demands of advocates for legislative change to make their academic services satisfactory for their challenged students, (see the accompanying link) and if this fact is published for all who care to do so to read. How can we expect potential employers of the blind to assume we blind employees won't present to them an undue burden on their already strained resources. When they could just as easily hire an unchallenged individual to do the same job? Is it any wonder so many of us blind people are unemployed. The potential employer is just overwhelmed by assumed obstacles which may appear to him to be insurmountable. Given a choice between hiring a blind or a sighted candidate, what would provide the incentive for a potential employer to hire a blind employee above one with sight. For whom no particular accommodations would have to be met? https://www.nfbcal.org/pipermail/brl-monitor/2014/000033.html
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