[Menvi-discuss] dealing with blindness in bios and other career information

[Brandon Keith Biggs]

Hello,
I don't make a big deal of it, I just state my resume and bio as if I 
was a sighted person. The employers can make their own conclusion.
thanks,

Brandon Keith Biggs

On 2/18/2014 2:53 PM, Bettie & Bill Downing wrote:
> When you write about things you've accomplished, won't that show you have no adversity?
>
>
> On Feb 18, 2014, at 4:46 PM, Julie McGinnity wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I am currently taking a Career Development for Musicians class.  Our
>> latest project is to come up with a bio for ourselves.  We will also
>> be working on resumes and other print materials that we can display in
>> a job interview/audition situation.  I am therefore wondering how
>> those of you who are blind dealt with your blindness in a bio.  I am
>> not wanting to hide it necessarily because I feel like it would be
>> obvious that I am blind to anyone looking at my resume.  But I refuse
>> to write about it as though it is some adversity I have overcome
>> because that's not accurate either.  Any suggestions would be greatly
>> appreciated.  Thanks.
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Julie McG
>> National Association of Guide dog Users board member,  National
>> Federation of the Blind performing arts division secretary,
>> Missouri Association of Guide dog Users President,
>> and Guiding Eyes for the Blind graduate 2008
>> "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that
>> everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal
>> life."
>> John 3:16
>>
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