Now it makes us sick.
This guy is a Psychologist.
David Andrews
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Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 08:58:15 -0700
From: Andy Baracco <abaracco@NETCOM.COM>
Reply-To: Access to GUI via Speech <GUISPEAK@LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU>
To: GUISPEAK@LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU
Subject: Performing the Average Job
As a psychologist, I am concerned about what I perceive to be an
extremely high rate of stress related mental and physical problems among
my blind contemporaries. I am noticing many complaints of depression,
anxiety, insomnia, suicidal thoughts, and generalized feelings of
worthlessness and hopelessness. Also complaints of severe headaches
stomach discomfort and fatigue. There is at least one person on this list
who had a heart attack long before he should have, and another who is
surviving prosthate cancer. I am not saying that being blind caused these
conditions, but more and more reseach is showing that prolonged stress
can contribute to all kinds of conditions including instances of
infectous diseases. This situation can only be made worse by this
constant battle fought now even by noncomputer related employees to keep
current with frequently changing operating systems and software, and the
means of accesing it. I commend the blind person who gets up and out
there every day, traveling independently to and from their job, and who
tries to do the best job he or she can do every day. I don't feel that it
is fair to belittle these people because they express concern about being
able to continue to fight the battle to keep up with the technology and
thus to hold on to their jobs. I also feel for those who go out and knock
on doors in an attempt to find work that they have spent years training
for, and at the same time, worry about how long they will be able to keep
a job, before the rules change again.
Andy Baracco
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