[tabi] blind persons who are employed in commercial businesses are being sought
- From: "Chip and Allie Orange" <acorange@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 18:30:20 -0400
From: Alberta L. Orr [
mailto:AOrr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
]
Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 6:21 AM
Subject: Need Workers who are blind or visually impaired to Feature on MSU
NTAC Website
.
We recently launched a new website separate
from our Center's website called the National Technical Assistance Center
(NTAC) designed to be an information resource for three primary audiences:
businesses, service providers in the blindness field and people with vision
loss. In the Businesses section we want to feature brief stories
accompanied by a picture of people who are blind or visually impaired at
work to demonstrate how people with vision loss can do all kinds of jobs.
Right now we are looking for individuals working in mainstream jobs outside
the blindness field in businesses doing non-academic work. So far we have
featured a chemist and a lawyer, etc., and have a couple more like that in
the works, so we want to demonstrate to businesses that individuals with
vision loss can do all kinds of jobs. For example, we heard about a man who
was blind who worked on the loading dock at a Lowes somewhere. My task is
to feature two people per month but it has been hard to get people.
It would be great to do a telephone interview with the individuals, perhaps
in the evening so it wouldn't interfere with work. I would write a 250 word
story about the work they do. It would include what their work entails,
what adaptive technology they use to do your job; the degree of your vision
loss, when you lost your vision, the cause, where you went to school. Also
they may want to mention any interests, hobbies, passions. It would be
interesting to know how they found their job, etc.
I would also need them to e-mail me a picture of them doing their job if
someone at work could take one.
I thought you would be able to think of ACB members who might be interested.
They would be providing businesses and employers a great opportunity to see
work individuals with vision loss can do.
I appreciate any help you can provide. If you have any questions, please
e-mail me or call me.
All the best,
Alberta
662-325-3152
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