[Jobs] 911 Operators

[Antonio Guimaraes]

It is likely that if your counselor did not know how to shake hands with a 
blind person, he or she did non know how to shake any hand. The hands of the 
blind are the same as the hands of the sighted, 4 fingers, a thumb, nails, a 
palm attached to a wrist.

In all seriousness now, there are always those who shake hands like they 
don't want to have anything to do with anyone. One of my coworkers made a 
terrible first impression on me because of said coworker's hand shake.

when shaking hands, no matter if the person is blind, or sighted, one should 
approach the other's hand, untill the webs formed by thumb and pointer 
fingers meet. Then, how much preasure, and how much motion is involved is a 
matter of personal preference, cultural diferences, and yes, level of 
inthusiasm.

Antonio Guimaraes
Who's counselor doesn't think blind people can succeed as language 
translators because of the travel involved.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Stomodaeum at aol.com>
To: <jobs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 6:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Jobs] 911 Operators


>I had inquired about this once and was told by my wonderful VR counselor
> that their system wouldn't work with a screen reader. But this was the 
> same VR
> counselor that didn't know how to shake hands with a totally blind person.
> Mike
>


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