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Blindstorming

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What job possibilities can you suggest for a high school grad who is exceptional in basic assembly and is deaf and blind?

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	When have you used networking effectively in job hunting or advancing your career?
	How would you shape eSight's new approach for helping members network with each other in finding jobs? What key recommendation do you have for making it as useful as possible for you?
	What accessible electronic products, using voice synthesis or voice recognition or both, do you wish were available today because they would make your life easier?
	What advice would you give a friend who feels her present job offers little potential for tapping her capabilities and advancing her career?
	What first step would you recommend Jonathon take in carrying out his goal of recruiting new members with disabilities for his Young Up-and-Comers organization?
	What advice would you offer Olivia, a person with a severe visual impairment, as she tries to overcome her anxieties about making home visits, a key task in her new job?
	Under what circumstances have you successfully used volunteering as a career option?
	What would you tell Martina to do about coping with the sense of failure she feels after quitting a job that did not work out for her?
	If you were Scott, what workable-yet-cost-effective option would you recommend to Ms. Hamilton as an appropriate photocopier accommodation for you?
	If you sat next to a prospective employer for a leisurely dinner, what is the most important thing you would tell her about employing people with disabilities?
	When you are turned down for a job, what are the tell-tale signs it is due to your disability?
	What have you done to arrange for accommodations when you started a new job? If there were delays, how did you handle them so you could still be productive while accommodations were being completed?
	When did you feel taken advantage of due to your disability in a work situation? How did you handle it?
	As an adult with a disability, when have you tapped another's job hunting experience to develop your own career? Why was that person's example important to you?
	How have you managed to learn your way in a new workplace? What assistance did you need? How did you get it?
	What tips do you have for making an office environment user-friendlier for people with disabilities?
	Have you encountered employment scams? If so, as a person with a disability, how do you avoid being scammed by those who seek to take advantage of your challenges in looking for work?
	As a person with a disability, what work attitudes have been of most value to you? How did you develop them? What attitudes have hurt you?
	What has helped you learn how to use the Internet better as a tool for finding work or performing at work?
	What barriers to developing problem-solving skills in a work situation have you encountered and smashed as a person with a disability?
	How do you assert your dignity and identity as an employee without over-accentuating your disability?
	In terms of your own personal experience, how do you assess the overall effectiveness of the ADA on this day, July 23, 2003, the 13th anniversary of its enactment?
	What kind of career counseling or services do you wish you had -- but didn't receive -- as a college student?
	What obstacles (real or perceived) have you encountered as a supervisor or manager with a disability? How have you dealt with them?
	What are your best and worst experiences while job hunting? What did you learn from both?
	What is the best way for you, as an individual with a disability, to assert your power in the marketplace so you can get the products and services you need and want?
	As a person with a disability, what techniques have you successfully used to ?get your foot in the door? of prospective employers?
	In conducting day-to-day business as a blind person, what is the most hindering thing sighted people do to handicap you as you do your work? How do you deal with it?
	What can you, as a new employee with a disability, do to break the ice and blend in with your co-workers at a new job?
	What career management advice do you have for students who have a disability?
	How do you effectively network with a group of strangers during an event when you are the only one with a disability?
	What favorite term do you use to refer to your specific disability? How does that term help you?
	When does your disability get you down? What do you do to help you get out from under the cloud?
	How can you, as a person with a disability, ensure that your vocational professional is truly considering your career goals and not just funneling you into an easier-to-get job?
	What have you, as a person with a disability, discovered about being disabled that demonstrates the implications of such a vulnerability are not all bad?
	When you have a disability, what is the best way to gain extra assignments (such as participation in task forces or special projects) that will allow you to try new job tasks?
	What do you do to make sure that you are not only ?dressed for success? but also that other necessities (such as habits, hair, makeup, accessories, and expressions) complete your business look?
	Is there a difference in attitude about responsibility for work between those born disabled and those who become disabled later in life? If so, why? What can be done about it?
	How have you maintained your morale during a difficult job search?
	What little tool or trick have you developed to bypass a barrier you often face due to your disability?
	What has helped you learn how to build effective interpersonal relationships with non-disabled people?
	What steps can Tom Titmouse take now so his disability does not become a barrier in getting his first raise or promotion and does not block his upward flight?
	What would you have done in Carol's situation?
	What, if any, specialized knowledge does a job placement professional need to place qualified people with disabilities effectively?
	How do you help a supervisor to see adaptive aids or other accommodations as basic tools that enable you to work instead of as indications that you are receiving special treatment?
	What challenges do you face in saving for your retirement?
	How can a person effectively deal with the stigma associated with gaps in the job history section of his or her resume?
	What unmet need among job seekers or others with a disability has the most potential for generating business for a budding entrepreneur?
	What key tasks in your current career require adaptations due to your disability? Briefly describe what is involved in those accommodations.
	How did you choose your career? What role, if at all, did blindness or visual impairment play in your choice?
	How can blind or visually impaired people better prepare themselves to be equal competitors for jobs in the mainstream workplace?
	How can you, as an individual, help overcome the lack of awareness among employers about what blind and visually impaired people can do in the workplace?
	What is the single greatest cause of high unemployment among blind and visually impaired people? (Part One)
	Is the image society has of people such as Helen Keller constructive for you or impossible to emulate? Why?
	Who has helped you reach your career goals?
	What is the single adaptive aid you do not have now but wish you had at your workstation because it probably would make the most impact on your productivity as an employee or business owner? (maximum 100 words)
	What tips do you have for graciously accepting or refusing help?

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