Human Resources committee  I think that's a very big piece of it, because in my mind we have to do a better job, with the support of the government, in selling the concept of hiring people with vision loss, because there are very many people out there who are working at all different levels. But it's overc

Human Resources committee  There's a complete range of jobs, depending on the person and the skills they've acquired. There are lawyers out there who are blind or who have vision loss. We have people working on assembly lines. So there is a total range. There are people in retail. The jobs are as varied, a

Human Resources committee  One of the things you might want to start with is working with the other employees so that they understand what they can do to help, the kinds of things they should be comfortable with, and how they can get to be comfortable working with the person. It could be simple things like

Human Resources committee  One of the other factors is the lack of equipment. Students need Braille notetakers, closed-circuit television systems, devices to digitally record materials, and things like that. That's another added expense for the disabled student that other students don't have.

Human Resources committee  I've spoken to inquiries and I've found their two concerns are fear--they don't understand how somebody with vision loss can do a job--and then the other thing is the added cost. We always hear that they would have to adapt the workplace. Who's going to pay for that? How are we g

Human Resources committee  Good morning. Thank you very much for inviting us. I'm wondering, for my benefit and Cathy's benefit, if we could do introductions around the table so we know where people are.

Human Resources committee  We have distributed our brief, and I'm sure you have taken the opportunity to read that. It contains the factual information, so we don't think we'll go over the brief, because you're quite capable of understanding that, I hope. We'd be very happy to answer questions about that w