Education for Integration: Blindstorming(tm) 10/28/02 Responses
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Sighted people don't think we can do the job.
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William W. Csiszar
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I believe it is something related to an esight article posted a few
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debra
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The single greatest cause for the unemployment of anyone (blind and
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John Jay
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I think the single greatest cause of high unemployment amg the blind
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Rita
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The years of blind people acting and being treated like they are
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Alissa
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Employer prejudice regarding the abilities of blind and visually
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Elizabeth Schaaf
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Employer prejudice.
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Anthony R. Candela
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lack of skills and
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Mike Schmitt
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The blind individual possesses low-self esteem.
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rdhaynie
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I think that the average person mis-understands what blind/visually
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Katey
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Attitudinal
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Bob Johnson
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That employers will interview us, but are afraid of what equipment or
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Kerry Smith
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I think you hit the nail on the head with your respenses! I believe
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Andre' D. turner
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I think Nan may be close, but trouble people think there must be care
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Mike Rusk
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Not having the confidence to compete with 20/20 persons. Any work I do
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Kjell Seffer
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Apathy and fear amongst business owners governnment and rehab
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Liz
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until i read the article I would have said it was discrimination on the
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ian blackburn
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Believing we can't work because of poor eye sight.
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LLee
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NEARSIGHTEDNESS. EMPLOYERS SEE ONE VISIBLE IMPAIRMENT."THE JOB
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PAUL
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Not being able to meet the demands of a working environment in terms of
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Gerhard
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Fear on the part of potential employers, and in some cases, blind
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Lauren (Kabootle)
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Of the many problems around employment of people who are blind or low
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Roger Keeney
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Related health
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Nancy L. Stout
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In my opinion, the single greatest cause of unemployment among those of
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Mary Ellen Ottman
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The public is not aware of the unemployment statistics for this
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JD
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I believe it is lack of motivation for many reasons such as loss of SSI,
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Connie.Osowski
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The perception or view that blind people are dependent and that they
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Jackie
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Most people are just unaware that blind people can work effectively
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Sailesh Panchang
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Lack of transportation is the single most cause of high unemployment
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Judith Schneider
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Lack of motivation due to a predisposed belief that this type of
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Carol
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We can't work as efficiently as the sighted.
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Takashi Konno
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To my way of thinking, there are several factors. I think however,
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IAmShe
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While it is difficult to isolate one cause, I believe that blind people
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Susan wojtecki
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It is hard to make a single point as there are many reasons working in
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Mark Adreon
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Of all the disabilities, I think that vision impairment tends to be the
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Curt Woolford
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I believe the single most inhibiting factor to employment for blind
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Fran Osborn
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I think that one reason why blind people are not hired is that people
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caroling
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I feel the cause for our high unemployment is that sighted employers,
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sandrama77
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The lack of knowledge regarding the blind by the general public, and
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Len
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Assuming that low vision is the only problem laziness is the most
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Jerry Sparks
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Training. There aren't enough qualified counselors around, at least in
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Jake
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I'm going to try and be as non-biased as possible here, but some of
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Jake
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