To be honest with you, the Remote Troubleshooter position I have at the
Prentke Romich Company isn't the easiest job like how Dave and I make it
look.  You have to be always awake and thinking about all the communication
devices PRC makes or has made in the past even if you don't have physical
access to them.  Dave and I have had to spend countless hours both playing
on devices and reading their manuals continuously.  It isn't just a job they
offer just for the fun of it or just to say that we hire physically disabled
people, we do expect something like we do of a non-disabled employee.  I
myself see nothing wrong with expecting a handicap person to do something if
they have the mental ability to think and reason.  I'm sorry if I'm sounding
rude here but I really believe in this, and if I'm wrong here please correct
my thinking.

Thanks,
Anthony
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Kathy Pink
  To: St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
  Cc: ACOLUG ; Anthony Arnold
  Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 10:08 AM
  Subject: Re: hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt.... etc


  Anthony,

  I have a Liberator.  I was a RTS and I was
  relaved of my duties after just one day.  :((( I
  guess I wasn't taking the classes fast enough
  because I have another job.  My dad prefers it
  this way.  I really wanted this job thou.  My dad
  gets uptight when an RTS answers one of his
  service calls.

  Thanks ,
  Kathy






  --- Anthony Arnold <[log in to unmask]>
  wrote:
  > Have you tried a communication device or a
  > recording device to explain to
  > people who happen to call you, that says
  > something like you have a difficult
  > time speaking.  I myself use a communication
  > device called the Pathfinder
  > and it does wonders over the phone.  Again,
  > it's my job to make technical
  > service calls over the phone to anywhere, and
  > people have been surprised
  > about how well a communication device sounds
  > over the phones, and I have had
  > high success rates too.
  >
  > Thanks,
  > Anthony
  >   ----- Original Message -----
  >   From: Kathy Pink
  >   To: [log in to unmask]
  >   Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 2:06 PM
  >   Subject: Re: hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt.... etc
  >
  >
  >   Okay , okay okay , how many people don't
  > answer a
  >   telephone just because they have a speech
  >   impairment?
  >
  >
  >
  >
  >
  >   --- Magenta Raine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
  >   > My Mom was pretty cool about falling, but
  > gave
  >   > me heart ache about my speech
  >   > impairment in public....... as a result, I
  >   > never like answering the phone....
  >
  >
  >
  >
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