These are true testimonials from disabled people who are desperate to be independent

The disabled are crying out for help

I was just happening to be searching the net looking for a job as usual and I came across these testimonials from people who are disabled and are desperate to find a job. How do you feel about disabled people working.Most of them are wondering whether or not to mention that they are in fact disabled. As far I comprehend I wouldn’t advise a disabled person to disclose that information until they actually got an interview even if it’s noticeable meaning that it’s a physical disability such as walking or talking. Well, if it’s not a noticeable disability then you can keep it to yourself but if it’s somehow going interfere with your job at anytime then you should only disclose it to your boss. In that case if any of your co-workers discover your disability by accident then you don’t have to worry about it reaching your boss’s ears……….

                                                       

I have a "mild" form of Cerebral Palsy, and have a fused hip. Recently (November, 2008), I fell down a flight of stairs which broke the fused hip and resulted in bending the metal pinning’s. Once I was able to walk, though with a noticeable limp, without any assistive aids. Now I have to use either a walker or cane to move short distances, and use a powered wheelchair to travel and move long distances. The question that I have is, should I inform a prospective employer of my condition in my resume, my application, or before I am scheduled for an interview; in particular if the job applied for does not require physical ability? For example, if I applied to work as a teller in a bank; a teacher in a classroom; a person who sales or answers phones; etc.

My name is Lisa Sayre and I'm 36 years old.  I have hypotonia and a language disorder.  I had been working part time at blockbuster for 8 years thank to OVR.  Now I'm looking for something else with OVR help.  Blockbuster isn't doing well I was working 4 days.  Now I'm working just one day a week and I'll stay there until something come along.  I'm looking for a non cashier job, office work that does not care how fast you can type and work for or work with the disability community.

Does anyone out there have Essential Tremor?  If so, what type of work do you do?  Have you had any problems with your employer due to your tremor?  I have Essential Tremor and was wondering if I should bring it up in a job interview or wait until it becomes a problem.  And if I bring it up in a job interview I wonder if this would decrease my chances of getting the job?

I am A disabled Vet that is going to need knee surgery through the VA.  How do you tell an employer that without scaring them to death?  I can go up and down ladders and walk all day at work but at interviews I am worried that I will be looked over due to service injuries. 

I was born w/o my leg or hip.  By law you never have to answer that question, it is illegal.  When I am ready to discuss it, I let them know the truth very matter of fatly and tell them that I know what my limitations are and that I can handle what the job entails.

I have been applying for jobs recently that have standing for long periods of time as one of the main job functions. This is difficult for me as I have an artificial leg and after more than an hour or two my residual limb starts to hurt and gets steadily worse thought the day. My leg is completely covered by long pants, which I always wear for an interview, so my employer wouldn't know unless I tell them. I don't really know when to tell them or even if I should since standing is a part of the job function, and the jobs for which I'm applying can't really be done sitting down. I am speaking of like cashier, food service, retail jobs, which is all I am qualified for at this point. In the past I have just suffered in silence, but I'm wondering if anyone had a suggestion?

How and when to disclose a disability during a job search is a very personal and sensitive matter. The vocational rehabilitation center is a good place a disabled person could start looking for a job. Many of GettingHired.com's Service Provider members can provide you advice on questions like this.  One of the best resources is the Job Accommodation Network.  You can visit them at www.jan.wvu.edu.  Click on A-Z of Disabiilities, then on By Topic, and then on Disclosure. If anybody can provide an answer to any of these questions have any more information that can be of help to people who are in this situation please get in contact with me by leaving a comment at the end of this article thank you

Do You Think That Tough Love Is Something We Should Consider Using To Disciplining Your Child?

Do You Think That Tough Love Is Something We Should Consider Using To Disciplining Your Child?

Personally I think that tough love is something that every parent should use to apply discipline to their kids whenever it is necessary. My daughter has a bad habit of over spending she would spend money every foolishly all the time and then she would come crying for me or her grandmother for help. I just abhor the way she uses her grandmother as her personal bank. She uses her grandmother like an ATM machine. She would call her grandmother and ask for money and expect to get it right away. So we decided to teach her how to budget her money.

Although we tried many times to show her how to budget her money by taking out the most important things such as her bills, her rent, food money, and car payment then whatever money she has left should keep her until she receives the monthly money she gets from her  school. I have never used tough love before but I think it was time to harden our hearts a little and show her some tough love. I think that it's one of the hardest thing for a parent do to their child. But sometimes it is necessary to apply it when needed. We have tried countless times to give her motherly advice but all our efforts just seems to past through one ear and out through the other. Parenting is hard work and I am going to tell you why.

 Providing your children with the everyday necessity such as shelter, clothing, and food is more stressful than you can ever imagine and as for their emotional needs which is an entirely different thing all together.

Each child has a different personality and nurturing each child is difficult sometimes. I am tired of spoiling my children by giving them money whenever they ask for it. All parents should reinforce discipline to their children at a very early age.

Punishment is one way to discipline your child for misbehaving and it's very effective than actually using physical action. Let me just remind you that children doesn't come with instructions manuals.

Why people create viruses to harm other people's computer

I really can’t understand why people would want to create virus and send it out so that it will harm other people’s computer. I just don’t know why people would do that kind of thing anyway. Well, my computer had a virus the other day and it keep shutting down my computer every time I tried turning it on. Then out of nowhere an antivirus protection appears on the screen telling me that my computer has been infected and it can clean my computer in seconds I didn’t know what to do so I click on it and it started scanning my computer and it found many viruses I think it was around 30 of them. The minute it finished scanning my computer it tells me to purchase it for only $24.

I think that whoever is sending those viruses are having a difficult time getting their virus program sold. So they send viruses to other people’s computer then their antivirus protection will pop up on your computer for you to purchase it. But I have a feeling that if you purchase it you will lose your money and it’s not going to do what it suppose to do anyway. I think it is a fake program to scam people out of their money. People will do anything to get money now a day especially people from India.

The virus that was on my computer will sometime automatically open a new tab with an advertisement or a home base business program. I thought that the bug could be in my search engine because whenever I start a search it comes up with something different for example if I put (cooking recipe) into the search engine and then press the enter button I will get something totally different from what I had just put in the search bar. Well, I guess we will have to find a way to detect a virus before we unknowingly down load it on our computer wouldn’t that be great! I realized that viruses can come on your computer not only by downloading something on it.. Avast is a very good antivirus protection program but there are others that are much better. I think that the free ones only protect your computer to a certain limit. There are antivirus programs that charge a yearly fee but everybody seems to prefer to use the free ones on their computer why? Because it does the same thing so why pay a yearly fee when you can get it done for free.

To get rid of the virus my boyfriend had to reformat the computer which took a couple of hours. Then he had to install the software all over again like Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint even the software for the printer too. Everything had to be reinstalled as a matter of fact. I have to be supper careful not to download anything that looks like it contain a virus because I don’t want to go through all of that again.