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The attitude barrier
Sterling Creations is pleased to bring you an editorial written by our president Donna J. Jodhan.
Here now is her editorial.
The Attitude barrier
Whenever anyone asks me to define some of the barriers presently facing blind and visually impaired persons, one of the first that I often mention is the Attitude barrier. It can easily be said that we face many barriers but the attitude barrier is one of the most challenging for us.
We still have to face and deal with social hang-ups from the majority of society. We continue to wrestle with employers who allow their poor and unhealthy attitudes to get in the way of them hiring a skilled employee instead of a blind employee. We continue to deal with governments whose attitude is that our rights don’t really count for much. They treat us like second-class citizens but somehow they feel that they should tax us in the same way that they tax the mainstream person.
More often than not, poor and unhealthy attitudes get in the way of us being treated equally and what can we do to overcome this? Well, we need to push harder for equality of rights. We need to start educating governments, companies, and individuals more. In short, we need to stand up more for our rights.
Whenever anyone asks me to define some of the barriers presently facing blind and visually impaired persons, one of the first that I often mention is the Attitude barrier. It can easily be said that we face many barriers but the attitude barrier is one of the most challenging for us.
We still have to face and deal with social hang-ups from the majority of society. We continue to wrestle with employers who allow their poor and unhealthy attitudes to get in the way of them hiring a skilled employee instead of a blind employee. We continue to deal with governments whose attitude is that our rights don’t really count for much. They treat us like second-class citizens but somehow they feel that they should tax us in the same way that they tax the mainstream person.
More often than not, poor and unhealthy attitudes get in the way of us being treated equally and what can we do to overcome this? Well, we need to push harder for equality of rights. We need to start educating governments, companies, and individuals more. In short, we need to stand up more for our rights.
I’m Donna J. Jodhan wishing you a terrific day and weekend.
To reach me, please send an email to info@sterlingcreations.ca and I would be delighted to send you an electronic copy of our latest newsletter.
Here is a complete list of where you can view Donna’s blogs and editorials.
Donna Jodhan! advocating accessibility for all
http://www.donnajodhan.blogspot.com
a weekly feature on important answers to consumers concerns
http://www.untappedwealth.com/businessdesk.html
Weekly blogs for language professionals and special needs business consultants
https://www.sterlingcreations.ca/blog/blog.html
a monthly editorial on business issues and concerns
https://www.sterlingcreations.ca/magazine.html
weekly editorials on accessibility issues in Canada
http://www.accessibilitynews.ca/acnews/editorials/donna.php
Editorials: An International perspective on issues of accessibility and disability
http://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com
A general perspective on issues of access and accessibility
http://numpadplus.com/blog/?page_id=7
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To reach me, please send an email to info@sterlingcreations.ca and I would be delighted to send you an electronic copy of our latest newsletter.
Here is a complete list of where you can view Donna’s blogs and editorials.
Donna Jodhan! advocating accessibility for all
http://www.donnajodhan.blogspot.com
a weekly feature on important answers to consumers concerns
http://www.untappedwealth.com/businessdesk.html
Weekly blogs for language professionals and special needs business consultants
https://www.sterlingcreations.ca/blog/blog.html
a monthly editorial on business issues and concerns
https://www.sterlingcreations.ca/magazine.html
weekly editorials on accessibility issues in Canada
http://www.accessibilitynews.ca/acnews/editorials/donna.php
Editorials: An International perspective on issues of accessibility and disability
http://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com
A general perspective on issues of access and accessibility
http://numpadplus.com/blog/?page_id=7
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