Posted by coral on December 23, 2002, at 8:54:32
In reply to what about once you've got a job? » BeardedLady, posted by bookgurl99 on December 22, 2002, at 16:39:03
Dear Bookgurl,
It's hard for me to maintain my "professional" composure on this one because my brother had CP. I don't know what kind of a boss your friend has, but talking with HR is the first step. Also, disclosure to his boss and a brief "education" may be in order, unless his boss is an absolute idiot. In my personal and professional experience, once a person is educated, most are compassionate and understanding. However, there are raging idiots (.... ohhh, what I could say about them.....).
Here is a positive example, though. An employee was assigned to a position to make color registrations - charts were provided but the human eye was critically important for quality. The quality in the department plummeted. After an intensive investigation, the employee finally admitted he was color-blind. He was a good employee, and the company felt absolute relief. (They thought their entire color processing system had gone haywire.) He was reassigned to a different area and is doing extremely well.
(My heart went out to him because he felt he'd experience discrimination if he disclosed being color blind.)
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