Comments on: Disabled workers rate highly

By: deb

deb — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:28:40 +0000

i to find it hard to get a job . i am epileptic and even thou my condition is controlled by medication i find people shy away from me.the general concensus is that epilelsy is a mental illness,or worse can be caught by exposure.i find that menial jobs are all i can get and even then its a struggle.dont get me wrong i am grateful to get any work these days,but would love to be treated as an indivdual not a‘ hide in the back cupboard and forget about person‘.so give us a go!

By: Ebony Jackson

Ebony Jackson — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:58:13 +0000

What a great story about a fantastic man.

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:13:10 +0000

I am writing in response to this article to point out that its true many employers in Mount Gambier and surrounding areas seem to overlook people with disabilities when it comes to selection after job applications have closed for a job in their business or company

I’ve got a hearing disability of which i dont see as a barrier between preventing me from working full time in any industry although it would appear that employers have attached a stigma on myself and many others with disabilities cause they see us as a liability and too much work to train if employed

While i maybe working part time at present its been hard for me to secure a full time or even seasonal job elsewhere due to not being seen as an asset because of my prior learning/training and willing to undertake further training but more of a liability because of my hearing disability.

Whatever happened to giving everyone regardless of their race,gender,disability or disabilities the chance to prove themselves in the job they have applied for ?rather than just make up excuses which have probably been heard 1000 times before.

A person with a disability can be just as much of hard worker than someone without one.