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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 530785" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>Lisa....may I make one suggestion to you with disability? Answer any questions for Travis's worst days...not his normal or best days. He is blind....he cant sort laundry with any sense of colors. He can fold towels but not tell what colors they are. He can figure out he has jeans yes...but not what color they are. If he isnt completely blind...then yes he can tell one is darker than the other so he can make out black from lighter blue but not if they are really dark blue. </p><p></p><p>You dont want them to think he can read on the computer. How on earth is he doing that? You have to explain that. Is it a talking program...braille keyboard? But still...how does he know what is on the screen. That sounds like he can do a job. And trust me, they will look for any job he can do even if that job doesnt exist in your area. </p><p></p><p>They tried to ask me if I thought I could be a toll booth collector. I had to think hard before I answered that one because in some cases I could probably work part time as one. However there isnt a toll booth within about 400 miles of me. How am I gonna get to that job? Some one else was told they could be a potato chip checker in a factory looking for bad chips. They make up jobs that are odd and even arent available within your locale. Its idiotic. </p><p></p><p>What I said to get around it was to tell them that yes, I could probably do it part time but I didnt know from day to day how I was going to feel the next day. Some days I felt good in the mornings and other days my best time of the day was in the mid afternoon. Other times I was best from late at night till early mornings. My schedule just varied from day to day or week to week because of pain and fatigue levels. I couldnt really control it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 530785, member: 1514"] Lisa....may I make one suggestion to you with disability? Answer any questions for Travis's worst days...not his normal or best days. He is blind....he cant sort laundry with any sense of colors. He can fold towels but not tell what colors they are. He can figure out he has jeans yes...but not what color they are. If he isnt completely blind...then yes he can tell one is darker than the other so he can make out black from lighter blue but not if they are really dark blue. You dont want them to think he can read on the computer. How on earth is he doing that? You have to explain that. Is it a talking program...braille keyboard? But still...how does he know what is on the screen. That sounds like he can do a job. And trust me, they will look for any job he can do even if that job doesnt exist in your area. They tried to ask me if I thought I could be a toll booth collector. I had to think hard before I answered that one because in some cases I could probably work part time as one. However there isnt a toll booth within about 400 miles of me. How am I gonna get to that job? Some one else was told they could be a potato chip checker in a factory looking for bad chips. They make up jobs that are odd and even arent available within your locale. Its idiotic. What I said to get around it was to tell them that yes, I could probably do it part time but I didnt know from day to day how I was going to feel the next day. Some days I felt good in the mornings and other days my best time of the day was in the mid afternoon. Other times I was best from late at night till early mornings. My schedule just varied from day to day or week to week because of pain and fatigue levels. I couldnt really control it. [/QUOTE]
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