Press Release March 23, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Examining Disability Employment Issues in New "Blind Justice" TV Series
New York, NY - March 23, 2005. "Quite a feat for one short episode – but that’s TV," comments Jim Hasse.
Hasse is leading a blog discussion about the disability employment issues Detective Jim Dunbar in ABC-TV’s new series, "Blind Justice," faces because he’s new to the investigation team – and blind.
Hasse lists 12 employment issues, which came up during the first episode of "Blind Justice."
"What struck me is that only five of those 12 hurdles are unique due to Dunbar's visual impairment and job assignment," Hasse offers. "The other seven are issues 'newcomers' (with or without disabilities) often face as they join a new work group."
In "Blind Justice," Dunbar shows how to carry your own weight and use your disability as an advantage in building teamwork on a job, Hasse observes in one of his entries.
The "Blind Justice" discussion is at http://www.esight.org/link.cfm?n=118
The "Swimming in the Mainstream" blog is hosted by eSight Careers Network (http://www.eSight.org) under the sponsorship of the American Express Foundation. eSight is an accessible online community developed by The Associated Blind, Inc., in which members explore career management issues from a disability perspective.
Available at http://www.tabinc.org/sim/, eSight's "Swimming in the Mainstream" blog is designed to help eSight members share their personal experiences as individuals with a disability in the workplace, help job seekers showcase their accomplishments to prospective employers and help employers expand their awareness of disability employment issues.
The Associated Blind, Inc., a 66-year-old non-profit organization, has been providing members of eSight Careers Network opportunities to collaborate on disability employment issues through accessible online discussions and resource building since October 2000.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Source: The Associated Blind, Inc.
Contact: Nancy O'Connell
Tel: (212) 683-4950
E-mail: MemberServices@eSightCareers.net
Online community:
www.eSight.org
Blogs:
www.tabinc.org/jsn/
www.tabinc.org/sim/
www.tabinc.org/blog/