The Daily Blog Open Mic – Monday – 15th February 2021
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‘No one wants to give her a chance’: The straight-A student turned away from 40 jobs
“The 19-year-old is in her third trimester of her IT diploma at Wellington Institute of Technology (WelTec) and hopes to soon sink her teeth into the gaming industry – a “male-dominated” world in which she has long yearned to make her mark.
Programming websites, designing games, servicing hardware – it would all come naturally to Evie, who lives in Lower Hutt.”
“Well before the pandemic, the Human Rights Commission reported disabled women to be some of the most marginalised in New Zealand’s labour market, in their 2018 Tracking Equality report. And as a Māori woman, Evie is part of another minority group with known barriers to accessing work.
Another myth was that disabled people were a greater health and safety risk, or would take too many sick days.
“Individuals with disabilities have coping mechanisms and ways of managing their health, because they have them throughout their life,” she said.
“[They] have an 85 per cent less absenteeism rate than people without disabilities, which is an astounding statistic that really challenges employees.”
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/no-one-wants-to-give-her-a-chance-the-straight-a-student-turned-away-from-40-jobs/LOIENQ5HOSREDRMNQMB5VQP3WA/
Meanwhile in the back garden
https://thediplomat.com/2021/02/trouble-at-the-university-of-the-south-pacific/