Ok, I just called several tutoring places and asked if there were any tutoring positions. Both said no but one said volunteering may be possibility. They said
they were going to be calling me back either today or Monday. I'm in a wheelchair. Do I tell them that, in case its a small place or something and they
need to know? Or do I leave that out? I just obtained my teaching certificate a few weeks ago so I am nervous.
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Posts: 10296 (05/29/2009 1:42 PM) Best Male '09
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are you worried that you might not be able to get in/out, move around in their building? i guess it wouldn't hurt to ask them ahead of time just in case.
that way if for whatever reason they don't have the space you don't waste your time going down there.
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Posts: 25706 (05/29/2009 1:48 PM) |
You should tell them. If they aren't wheelchair-accessible then it'd be kinda pointless going there. They definitely need to know though.
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Posts: 2676 (05/29/2009 1:52 PM) |
They should be ADA-compliant, unless they operate in a tiny shack that wouldn't be "reasonable" for them to have modified to be accessible back
when it became the law.
Do you live in a small town where this might be located in a really old building or something? I dunno, you know your town better than me but in this day and age, telling them now would only give them some shady reason not to take you on as a volunteer. |
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Posts: 3162 (05/29/2009 1:56 PM) |
My Dad is saying the opposite. That I shouldn't say anything. I don't know what to do. Yes, we live in a small town but we have many new buildings. I
just don't know what the right thing is to do in the situation.
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Posts: 2677 (05/29/2009 1:58 PM) |
Don't tell them. More likely than not, they are accessible. You can address that when/if you go there for an interview or whatever. Even old buildings have
to be accessible unless it is "unreasonable" for them to do so, and that's relatively rare.
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Posts: 10300 (05/29/2009 1:58 PM) Best Male '09
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you could always just go down there and try your luck. i don't think there is a definite right or wrong answer in this case. maybe i'd take dads advice
in this situation. just go down there and hope for the best.
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Posts: 25708 (05/29/2009 2:02 PM) |
Well, if you don't tell them and that building isn't wheelchair accessible, you're kinda screwed. Most places do have a ramp, even if it is some
little town so you should be safe. But I feel you should let them know. You aren't getting paid so it's not like they won't take you on, but if the
building isn't accessible to you then you wasted that time going there.
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