Topic: Work

So with this in mind, I began to reach out to people of this marginalized community to get to know them more. And then I had epiphany number 2: These people are brilliant and amazing. Actually that doesn’t encompass it well enough, the are BRILLIANT and AMAZING. Yes, all caps is needed here.

The people I met are super intelligent, creative, patient, passionate and compassionate. They have discovered methods and tools to accomplish many of their goals, which are usually the same as yours and mine. Yet, despite being able to prove the desire and skill to do what drives them for a living, they are denied employment.

That’s the dream: To build a design and development agency comprised primarily of people that have the skills but are denied the opportunity because something allows the government to call them “disabled”, because they are not.

I’ve been thinking of something like this in the dark corners of my mind. But this is the first time I’ve seen it written down. And you know what that means? It’s more likely to happen! Read more about Gregory’s idea.

Jan 27, 2012 9:50 pm by: Blake Watson

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Social novel writing and inclusion

Dec 20, 2011 9:36 pm by: Blake Watson

Thoughts about National Novel Writing Month and how it can be a great inclusive activity for people with disabilities.

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We still have our dreams

Sep 10, 2011 8:25 pm by: Blake Watson

An honest account of one disabled man's hunt for employment and how an unlikely podcast episode taught him a life lesson.

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The mystical gods of employment find favor in our very own, Matt Watson

Aug 18, 2011 4:27 pm by: Blake Watson

Matt finds gainful employment as a green Spanish lecturer at Mississippi State University. This comes as another victory for which he didn't work in a long line of handouts. It's time to expose Matt for what he really is—a fraud.

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A place for creative crips

Apr 13, 2011 9:46 pm by: Blake Watson

Many people with disabilities find themselves spending a fair amount of time at home. That isolation can be frustrating. But what if there was a place where we could get to know others like us and use our skills to make/do something cool?

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Hit the ground running

Feb 6, 2011 6:53 pm by: Blake Watson

In my previous post, I mentioned things that I wanted to accomplish in 2011. Well, it seems I have really hit the ground running. In this entry, I talk about my new job as well as how my resolutions for 2011 are panning out so far.

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My handful of worthy goals for 2011

Dec 31, 2010 10:23 pm by: Blake Watson

A little reflection goes a long way. With the new year on the horizon, I look at what I hope 2011 has in store for me.

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Well that didn’t go so well

Aug 25, 2010 5:01 pm by: Blake Watson

If you were an unfortunate fan of my previous entry, you will be disappointed by this one. Am I going to get around to making a premium WordPress Theme? Short answer: Probably not.

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This past year was research (or “A premium WordPress theme in two weeks”)

Aug 15, 2010 4:44 pm by: Blake Watson

One premium WordPress theme. Two weeks. I discuss my frustration with the government and how I intend to work one way or another.

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Mississippi needs a Web conference

May 17, 2010 10:43 am by: Blake Watson

Admittedly upset by how hard it is for me to travel, I discuss the benefits of having a local web conference.

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A really tiny keyboard

Apr 11, 2010 6:35 pm by: Blake Watson

The typing saga continues. I recently purchased an iPhone and I've managed to turn it into a disability-friendly, compact keyboard for the computer.

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Of disability, Web design, and opportunity

Oct 13, 2009 3:21 pm by: Blake Watson

Greetings stairhaters. A couple of posts back, I gave you a rather vague idea of what I was planning to get myself into professionally. First, I’m laying the groundwork for forming an LLC through which I will do professional Web design work. Second, in order to gain experience and help out the community which has [...]

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The end of an era

Sep 6, 2009 9:11 pm by: Blake Watson

After twenty-four years of life, eighteen years of education, and one summer of unemployment, the result is an underwhelming product: an MBA who loves a field for which he did not go to school, has been thrown into a world of economic hardship, and is confined to a state in which ten percent of people [...]

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Meet Sue

Jul 18, 2009 9:31 pm by: Blake Watson

The following is a video short I created for the What Can YOU Do? Video Contest hosted by the Campaign for Disability Employment. The goal was to make a 60-second video that is related to people with disabilities and employment. The contest is over now, but a winner has not yet been announced. This was [...]

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Disabilism

Jun 9, 2009 7:37 pm by: Blake Watson

The following was taken by a “professional” photographer. Click to see full-size.

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