HIRING THE DISABLED
It was exciting to read about Little Hippos Nursery in Birmingham gaining the Positive About Disabled People kitemark (Management Focus, 12 August). I am a senior staff member and third in charge in a nursery. I am deaf and, over the 12 years I have been in childcare, I have faced a lot of discrimination. Thankfully, my current employers are not bothered about it, placing a text-rely phone for me to be able to communicate with others.
I am very good with the parents, children and staff face to face because I lip-read. I just can't hear on the phone, as it is too low. I would love to go into a management position, but when employers find out that I can't hear on a normal phone, it freaks them out a bit.
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