[access-uk] Re: Health and Safety Assessment.
- From: "Tony Cretney" <rac@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 09:54:22 -0000
Hi Andy
This sort of attitude that you are describing is not unfamiliar to me.
I have worked in places in the past where this was common attitude.
However, in these of the DDA we certainly not have to go through this sort
of treatment.
It possibly stems from a fear of litigation if you did have an accident or
cause a problem during an emergency, and also from the lack of understanding
that your visual problem is something that you have been used to all of your
life, and that you therefore know how to cope in various situations in
Public Buildings etc.
I think it is a disgrace that you are expected to put up with this sort of
attitude in this day and age. You should certainly mention this to someone
in authority over the person you spoke to yesterday. If the attitude became
generally accepted as normal then there woudl be a large number of people
whose jobs would be put at risk, or who would not be employed at all because
of these stupid ideas and preconceptions that some employers have about
blind/vi people.
Regards
Tony
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 12:22 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Health and Safety Assessment.
Hi again everyone.
I'd like to thank everyone who responded to my earlier message this
evening, concerning the experience I had this afternoon, while undergoing
a Health and Safety Assessment, prior to starting my new job.
I'd like more comments if possible folks as it may prove necessary for me
to take things a little further. Perhaps I should incorporate the views
of other list members from other lists. What do you think?
I may have to request an interview with his line manager,a more senior
manager or my own Area Manager or indeed, the Director of social Work, and
it will help if I can express the general feelings, regarding the Health
and Safety Officers attitudes, by the visually impaired community. And
that is you!
My own feeling is that once you have secured a position, , it should not
be conditional in terms of your disability. Restrictions such as having
to work on a ground floor because you are a visually impaired person is
ridiculous and we need to challenge attitudes such as these before they
become common practice. Taking such an attitude to it's extreme, could
result in visually impaired people being discriminated against in pubs,
clubs, dance halls and even restaurants. All they need say is that in
case of a fire, we need to make sure you are safe.
In addition to this, what about all those other visually impaired students
out there, who are working their hearts out for a professional
qualification at university. If managers are of the view that significant
changes to the office localities need to be made, in addition to financial
implications for employing a disabled worker, e.g, the purchase of
specialised equipment, then surely, this will have devastating
consequences of the employment of disabled workers, in the sense that
managers would be more likely to employ an able bodied person instead.
As mentioned above, I am intending to take this matter further and it
would be nice for me to drop a large pile of messages from the blind
community on their desk witch supported my views.
Best wishes.
Andy from sunny Kilcreggan.
Drop me a wee line at:
andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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