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From: Gene.Zeak@p0.f2190.n137.z1.fidonet.org (Gene Zeak)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: employment issues
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Date: 14 Aug 90 13:53:15 GMT
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 > I could use some encouragement and ideas from you all. I

 > feel like I'm floating in a pool of water trapped inland
 > with no way out. I'm not sure what i want, and I'm not
 > sure what I want to do except that I don't want to wash
 > frigging dishes all the rest of my life.  I have emotional
 > problems which tend to work against me more often than not.
 >

Like you, I feel like I'm somewhat trapped by my disabilities.  The 
main problem I have is uncertainty..."Can I really do this?"  It's 
easy enough to tell a potential employer that I can, but, can I really? 

 
The obvious answer is, "I don't know."  Also like you, I don't want 
to relegate myself to what I'd consider menial labor (taking into 
consideration my knowledge and experience) and I also have some 
difficulty with dealing with emotions...although there's been lots 
of work on that...with some success. 

 > I used to be a dark room tech and while I didn't hate the
 > job, I found that I couldn't concentrate on what I was
 > doing, so that didn't work real well.

 >
Concentration is a problem here, too.  It seems to come and go...I 
think I knew I had a problem with it the day I absently minded plugged 
the output of a 5 volt power supply into a wall scket...you techies 
will wince!

 > I don't have much time to talk more about this, so ask
 > me questions.
 >
How do we resolve these things?  I have tried home employment, but 
really don't seem to be very successful at it...although that may 
be more related to the details of what more than to the basic idea.
 
Later, Gene... 

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