Dear peter,
I whole heartedly agree with your views and stradegy.  As it has been
said and demonstrated, half of the success  one achieves is simply
showing up for work or for an interview. Certain employers are impressed
by pluck which can compensate for some disability to some degree.  this
is offered by me, apracticing and fully employed clinical psychologist

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Sun, 2 Aug 1998, Peter Seymour wrote:

> Maybe one of the best things that disabled people can do is pretend that
> the negative statistics don't exist. I mean, what if we naively goabout
> our lives and go on job interviews. You may not get the job, but the
> interviewer may admire your pluck. And maybe when the third or fourth
> disabled shows up for an interview, that interviewer will get the idea
> that we're not anomalies. We're ... Peter, Kelley, Kathy, Bill, etc. and
> we've got something to offer them. In a sense, our presence will make
> people more comfortable with us, while we'll demonstrate that we're here
> to stay.
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> When any one of us performs with excellence at our jobs, or shows up at an
> interview with a positive attitude, we're actually laying the
> psychological groundwork for some other disabled person to be looked upon
> favorably. We can create a positive prejudice for each other.
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> Peter Seymour
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