Appendix

Summary:
Easy access to links referenced in The Associated Blind's nomination package for the Secretary of Labor's New Freedom Initiative Award.

A. 12 eSight Seed Stories

B. 12 SiM Discussion Summary Articles

C. 15 Press Releases Distributed During 2005

D. How Others Have Used eSight's SiM Resources

Examples of "Swimming in the Mainstream's" Impact

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A. 12 eSight Seed Stories

1. Expectation's Edge
   
   
2. A Bent Fork
   
   
3. Growing Space
   
   
4. Hot Type, Cold Reality
   
   
5. Bungled Bluff
   
   
6. Troubled Tribute
   
   
7. Obvious Limitations, Hidden Potential
   
   
8. The Back Door Into Adulthood
   
   
9. Go to Plan B
   
   
10. First Payment for Doubt's Benefit
    
    
11. Out But Not Yet In
    
    
12. Beyond Success
    
    

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B. 12 SiM Discussion Summary Articles

Here is what eSight members have to say about key disability employment issues:

1. 2005: New Tool Offers Expanded Opportunity to Share Insight
   
   
2. 20 False Assumptions to Tackle as an Equal Opportunity Employer
   
   
3. Avoiding Condescension
   
   
4. Breaking Accessibility Barriers
   
   
5. Creating a Level Recruiting Field
   
   
6. Creative Survivors Add Elasticity to Your Workforce
   
   
7. Hire People Who Resolve "Easy Mark" Situations for Themselves
   
   
8. Tapping Job Candidates Who Have Transformed Vulnerability Into Authenticity
   
   
9. Target Job Candidates With Disabilities Who Are Risk Takers
   
   
10. Telltale Signs of Inclusion
    
    
11. Unique Confidence-building Experiences
    
    
12. Weed Out Paternalism in the Workplace
    
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    C. 15 Press Releases Distributed During 2005
    
    
    1. eSight Launches New Blog to Tap Community Support for Job Seekers
       
       
    2. People Skills in Blog About "Easy Mark" Solutions
       
       
    3. Why Employers Need to Seek Creative Survivors
       
       
    4. eSight Members: Weed Out Workplace Paternalism
       
       
    5. eSight Members Debunk 20 Myths About Disability Employment
       
       
    6. eSight Members Give Employers Tips About How to Avoid Condescension
       
       
    7. eSight Members Explore Link Between Vulnerability and Authenticity
       
       
    8. eSight Bloggers Show Employers How to Level Recruiting Field
       
       
    9. eSight Offers Employers Insight to Identify Unique Confidence-building Experiences
       
       
    10. Telltale Signs of on-the-job Inclusion
        
        
    11. eSight Bloggers Offer Employers Insight About Accessibility Barriers
        
        
    12. eSight Launches New Insight-gathering Blog for Tackling Disability Employment Issues
        
        
    13. "Build a Vast Personal Network" An interview with Olegario D. Cantos VII
        
        
    14. Examinin Disability Employment Issues in New "Blind Justice" TV Series
        
        
    15. eSight Launches New Blog to Tap Community Support for Job Seekers
        
        
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    D. How Others Have Used eSight's SiM Resources
    
    Examples of newsletters, listserves, web pages, directories and blogs that have shared eSight's "Swimming in the Mainstream" resources with members of their communities:
    
    
    • TecAccess Newsletter: IT Accessibility Review (Volume 1, Number 8 ...During July 2005 (the ADA's 15th anniversary), nearly two dozen participants on eSight's "Swimming in the Mainstream" (SiM) blog examined their own ...
      
      
    • Blindskills, Inc., Publisher of DIALOGUE - July - August 2005 ...She points to these four "Swimming in the Mainstream" (SiM) articles eSight has posted on its login page since January 2005, under the heading "Insights for ...
      
      
    • bridges4kids: eSight Launches New Blog to Tap Community Support for Job Seekers. The Job Seeker's Network is part of "Swimming in the Mainstream: Topics in Workforce Development," a new eSight Careers Network service for producing a ...
      
      
    • Paths to Equal Opportunity: Swimming in the Mainstream: Topics in ... Swimming in the Mainstream: Topics in Workforce Development ... Organization:, eSight Careers Network Career management information for people with ...
      
      
    • Blind Access Journal:Google Enables Manual Account Creation for ... eSight Careers Network Community News ?? Swimming in the Mainstream ?? Job Seeker's Network - eSight sponsored blog chronicling the adventures of a blind ...
      
      
    • [Jobs - www.nfbnet.org]Avoiding condescention ... eSight Careers Network "Swimming in the Mainstream" Insight: Avoiding Condescension By: Jim Hasse During June 2005, more than a dozen individuals on ...
      
      
    • Community Services for the Blind and Partially SightedeSight Careers Network members can log on and share their personal experiences in the "Swimming in the Mainstream" blog. The goal is to build a knowledge ...
      
      
    • [Jobs - nfb.net]Creative Survivors Add Elasticity to Your Workforce ... 2005 discussion eSight members had on the "Swimming in the Mainstream" (SiM) ... Copyright ?? 2000-2005 eSight Careers Network. All rights reserved. ...
      
      
    • [Jobs - nfb.net] Hire People Who Resolve "Easy Mark" Situations ... Mark" Situations for Themselves By: Jim Hasse eSight members discuss how to take responsibility when they ... their discussion on the "Swimming in the Mainstream" (SiM) blog in October ...
      
      
    • ABC Shows -> Good Treatment of Employment Issues... My "Blind Justice" discussion is at eSight's "Swimming in the Mainstream" blog. There I list 12 employment issues ...
      
      
    • Paths to Equal Opportunity: Swimming in the Mainstream: Topics in ... Swimming in the Mainstream: Topics in Workforce Development. ... Organization: eSight Careers Network Career management information for people with disabilities. ...
      
      
    • En route vers l'??galit?? des chances : Swimming in the Mainstream ... - [ Translate this page ] ... Swimming in the Mainstream: Topics in Workforce Development. ... Organisation : eSight Careers Network Career management information for people with disabilities. ...
      
      
    • En route vers l'??galit?? des chances: [Translate this page] ... Swimming in the Mainstream: Topics in Workforce Development document ??lectronique Online resource provides ... eSight Careers Network Web Site site Web An online ...
      
      
    • [AERNet] Disability Employment Issues eSight's new "Swimming in the Mainstream" blog provides a place to share ideas, based on personal experience, about how to effectively break barriers in ...
      
      
    • [AERNet] Disability Employment Issues in New "Blind Justice" TV Series The "Blind Justice" discussion at The "Swimming in the Mainstream" blog is hosted by eSight Careers Network ...
      
      
    • VICUG-L Archives - January 2005 New eSight Blog: "Swimming in the Mainstream" - disAbility and employment issues. New eSight Blog: "Swimming in the Mainstream" - disAbility and employment ...
      
      
    • Community Services for the Blind and Partially Sighted New Blog Tackles Disability Employment Issues. eSight, a career networking site for the disabled, has launched a new blog devoted to idea sharing on effectively breaking barriers in disability employment. ... eSight Careers Network members can log on and share their personal experiences in the "Swimming in the Mainstream" blog ...
      
      
    • Reach Out Magazine: View topic - Telltale Signs of on-the-job ... And they did it by participating in a February discussion on eSight's "Swimming in the Mainstream" blog about incidents which indicated to them that their co-workers were looking beyond disability...
    
    
    Blogs
    
    
    • The other exciting development is that the eSight Career NetWork, one of the best resources on the net for persons with disabilities, now has a blog called Swimming in the Mainstream which I have syndicated on LJ as [info]simblog. ... The Caneprints Connection
      
      
    • Accessibility Cast: A Podcast for ADA & Section 508 Web Standards - Show Notes ... two dozen participants on eSight's "Swimming in the Mainstream" (SiM) blog examined their own ... has been providing members of eSight Careers Network opportunities to collaborate on ...
      
      
    • http://blog.gmane.org/ This list of for computer users who are visually impaired. Re: Norton Internet Security and JAWS. Hi, JAWS is doing weird things of late. ... New eSight Blog: "Swimming in the Mainstream" - disAbility and employment issues ... eSight Launches New Insight-gathering Blog for Tackling Disability Employment Issues New York, NY ...
      
      
    • Desert Skies Podcast... Desert Skies Podcast. eSight Disability Employment Resource of the Day. The Mosen Explosion. Swimming in the Mainstream. Top ...
      
      
    • All About Access" 2005 " August ... A Carroll Tech blog about Accessibility. Archive for August, 2005. Monday, August 15th, 2005. A recent press release announces an effort by IBM to make Mozilla's Firefox web browser more accessible. ... article is comprised of comments posted to eSight's "Swimming in the Mainstream" blog during the Month of July which ...
      
      
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    Examples of "Swimming in the Mainstream's" Impact
    
    Here are 4 concrete examples of how prominent organizations have used SiM resources to serve their members, participants and users:
    1. Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians (AEBC) has selected "20 False Assumptions to Tackle as an Equal Opportunity Employer" to be included in an upcoming edition of the Canadian Blind Monitor.
       
       
    2. Disabled Peoples' International, a network of national organizations or assemblies of disabled people, established to promote human rights of disabled people through full participation, equalization of opportunity and development has published these 6 Swimming in the Mainstream resources:
       
       
       • eSight Members: Weed Out Workplace Paternalism ... paternalism in the corporate world. That's the message eSight members sent to employers this week in a new... http://v1.dpi.org/lang-en/resources/details.php?page=363
         
         
       • eSight Members Explore Link Between Vulnerability and Authenticity ... 3, 2005) During their recent discussions in various eSight Career Network forums, eSight members explored... http://v1.dpi.org/lang-en/resources/details.php?page=202
         
         
       • eSight Members Debunk 20 Myths About Disability Employment (New York City, NY - August 5, 2005) eSight members are giving employers their thoughts about which... http://v1.dpi.org/lang-en/resources/details.php?page=294
         
         
       • eSight Members Give Employers Tips About How to Avoid Condescension ... and can be prevented. That's the message members of eSight Careers Network are... http://v1.dpi.org/lang-en/resources/details.php?page=277
         
         
       • eSight Members Show Why Employers Need to Seek Creative Survivors ... scale," observes Jim Hasse, senior content developer for eSight Careers Network "An... http://v1.dpi.org/lang-en/resources/details.php?page=378
         
         
       • eSight Members Show People Skills in Blog About "Easy Mark" Solutions ... relatively minor infraction)," writes Melissa, a member of eSight Careers Network. "If... http://v1.dpi.org/lang-en/resources/details.php?page=429
       
       
       
    3. "HR Newsletter - Issue No. 1 - August, 2005," Brenda Jean Lycett wrote:
       
       
       "Despite Canadian and international legislation to support the full participation of people with disabilities in the workplace, there continues to be the 'chicken and egg' dilemma. Specifically many employers persist that their pursuit of people with disabilities leaves them empty-handed while people with disabilities persist that access to employment is limited at best. Why does this gap continue?
       
       "I find the following article enlightening from the perception of people with disabilities about what is preventing their full access and participation in the workplace. Although it is from an American perspective, my ongoing work with people with disabilities and Canadian organizations working toward their employment reveals similar insights.
       
       "Last month, eight members took advantage of an opportunity to help employers understand their perspective on 20 false assumptions job seekers with disabilities find most harmful in their efforts to gain meaningful employment.
       
       "It all took place on eSight's "Swimming in the Mainstream" (SiM) blog as we celebrated the ADA's 15th anniversary during July. Take a look at the insights SiM bloggers generated. They're summarized in a new article, "20 False Assumptions to Tackle as an Equal Opportunity Employer."
       
       
       
    4. FindLaw, which describes itself as "the highest-trafficked legal Web site, providing the most comprehensive set of legal resources on the Internet for legal professionals, corporate counsel, law students, businesses, and consumers" has included links to the following editorials that eSight posted on our Swimming in the Mainstream Blog to stimulate discussion:
       
       
       • Swimming in the Mainstream: July 2005 Archives July 26, 2005. Dispel a Disability Employment Myth. Yesterday, 743 state and national disability organizations entered a "statement of solidarity" ... http://www.tabinc.org/sim/archives/2005/07/index.html
         
         
       • Swimming in the Mainstream: May 2005 Archives May 31, 2005. Summary for May: Transforming Vulnerability Into Authenticity. The discussions on the "Swimming in the Mainstream" blog and elsewhere on ... http://www.tabinc.org/sim/archives/2005/05/index.html
         
         
       • Swimming in the Mainstream Recent Entries. Not-so-final Thoughts: A Switch in Perspective ?? You're Helping to Increase Awareness of Disability Employment Issues ?? Recognizing Career ... http://www.tabinc.org/sim/
    
    
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