Dear All, There are also some exceptions to discrimination and attitudes. I personally met a young student who got a good job in mobile programming in a IT firm. Initially the HR were not knowing about his needs, but he explained them what he would need clearly right in the begining, and he has now even been confirmed within a month and very happy with his co-workers. I think he went with a very open mind without fear of discrimination and proved that his vision didnt matter in getting the job done.
-Prasad On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 1:20 PM, zameer pasha <dheel...@gmail.com> wrote: > You are right > > mane thing is that in blind schools there is no quality education > after completed 10 class also they dont no how to behave they look > like they dont have basic education we are young indians we have to > work on it. That is why no one hiring but one think I want to say with > you guys that Enable-India doing great job I am visually impaired I > had training at enable India.they only placed me now I am working . > > On 1/15/13, ss sarfudeen <sssarfud...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > The quality of education imparted at the blind schools may fall short > > of the required skills and practical training in some cases. But, > > undoubtedly, vision impaired students do go beyond their formal > > education to pursue courses at Graduate, Post Graduate and Doctorate > > levels these days and I am sure you all will agree with me on this. > > The fact is that there are a number of deserving candidates who even > > after gaining the skills and training required by the industry, do not > > attain employment. What we need to understand here is that it is not > > the mindsets of visually challenged students alone that need to be > > changed, but that of the respective institutions and employers who are > > highly discriminative towards them. > > > > Let me draw your attention to a very serious point. Some of us here on > > the list must be aware of the job portal called jobability launched > > for people with disabilities. This is an initiative taken by Leonard > > Cheshire Disability - South Asia, supported by Accenture. The irony is > > that the supporting organisation Accenture does not hire people with > > visual impairments simply because of their attitudinal barriers. > > Please note that this is not my personal statement. I was told this by > > a person working for the Leonard Cheshire Disability Home in the > > Chennai location and he also added that they find it very difficult to > > place people with vision impairment in any organisation. > > > > At this juncture, I would like to ask one serious question to you all. > > Kindly enlighten me as to how many NGOs working in the area of > > disability have employed people with vision impairment in particular > > and also continue to do so, and if so, in what numbers? We can't keep > > talking about this without the actual facts and figures. > > > > It is not only our educational institutions that need to be blamed for > > not imparting high quality of education with the necessary > > employability skills and training for these students. A lot more needs > > to be done by the so-called organisations working for the vision > > impaired segment by undertaking rigorous lobbying efforts and > > advocacy programs towards sensitizing the society at large in the > > areas of reducing social barriers, education, training, empowerment, > > employment, equity in pay, recognition and so on. As one of the > > members Ajay pointed out, corrective and immediate action needs to be > > taken by channelising our efforts consistently in the right direction > > so as to bring forth the desired change. > > > > @Avichal, > > The vijob site is fine to my knowledge, as far as accessibility is > > concerned. But I found that the section on Job Lists does not contain > > any job listing. So, can you please explain the purpose of this > > section? > > > > In addition, it would be better to include a separate section on > > Clients/Employers providing the list of employers who are registered > > on this site, just like the section on the list of job seekers. > > > > Regards, > > > > Sultana > > > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility > of > > mobile phones / Tabs on: > > > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > > > > Search for old postings at: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > > > To unsubscribe send a message to > > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > > with the subject unsubscribe. > > > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please > > visit the list home page at > > > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > > > > > -- > Regards > > Thanking you > > zameerpa...@gmail.com > dheel...@gmail.com > > 9036482329 > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. 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