When I read this article, I am happy to see the positives news in Deaf Community.
I am one of them who had applied over 10 jobs as a photographer after I graduated from Loyalist College for Photojournalism. I had not heard back from them and I was frustrated. I remembered I had an interview with the photo editor for my internship as a photographer at some newspaper, and I thought the interview went very well and she told me that she would definitely call me back if I was hired or not.. A few days later....still nothing.... a few months went on... still nothing...
I managed to land on another internship with Canadian Business, and the photo editor was wonderful with me. While working there, I worked along with the photo editor assistant, and I learned that she already knew my name before meeting me. I asked her how come, and she explained that day, I had an interview earlier with a newspaper where she was there on the same day. She explained that the photo editor whom I had an interview with, she told her that she thought I was a good photographer but she had not to hire me because she did not know how to work with me as a Deaf person. This was one of the reasons that I was denied to be hired...... Shame on her... I am going to prove her wrong someday!
Anyways, take a look of this
link, to learn more about his struggles.
For whoever is reading this blog, you better hire Deaf people to work for you. :)
