tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061870849031468581.post1846998327525199000..comments2024-03-27T05:00:00.090-04:00Comments on Letters to a Young Librarian: My (Library) Life with Invisible Disabilities, by Jessica SchombergJessica Olinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00282500023825318766noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061870849031468581.post-64763204270765316852016-06-16T16:11:03.938-04:002016-06-16T16:11:03.938-04:00((hugs if they're welcome))
"The reasons...((hugs if they're welcome))<br /><br /><i>"The reasons someone is sick are none of their coworkers' business."</i><br />That is a great addition to the list. I've actually said that aloud more than once. Even as a supervisor, unless I need to facilitate a workplace accommodation, someone else's health situation is absolutely none of my business. Thank you for speaking out.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04095333164998549081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061870849031468581.post-33340394195098377442016-06-16T11:55:50.153-04:002016-06-16T11:55:50.153-04:00Thank you for writing about this! I suffer from cl...Thank you for writing about this! I suffer from clinical depression. Although I'm lucky in that medication mostly manages it effectively, occasionally I have to take a day off because I'm not capable of sitting through a shift on the information desk without involuntary crying, or because I can't make myself get in the car and safely drive anywhere. It's horrible to come in the next day and feel like people are looking at me and thinking "She doesn't LOOK sick, so how come she took a 'sick' day just yesterday?"<br /><br />One of the rules that you didn't put on your list but I can imagine you follow as a manager is "The reasons someone is sick are none of their coworkers' business." Thank you for this, because I can attest that not every manager thinks that way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061870849031468581.post-63794228877259607572015-11-29T23:41:08.357-05:002015-11-29T23:41:08.357-05:00Thank you for sharing your experiences! I am an M...Thank you for sharing your experiences! I am an MLIS student and I was looking for 1st person accounts of disability in libraries, and your blog was all I found! I am astonished by just how rare it is to hear the voice of a person with disabilities in the LIS literature and blogosphere. Thank you for speaking up!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01791939646516090651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061870849031468581.post-80107520662075033432015-11-16T09:51:17.014-05:002015-11-16T09:51:17.014-05:00Yvonne,
Thanks for reading!Yvonne,<br />Thanks for reading!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04095333164998549081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061870849031468581.post-26784216767753313112015-11-13T20:18:12.167-05:002015-11-13T20:18:12.167-05:00Thank you for writing about this.Thank you for writing about this.Yvonnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16817645697925775225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061870849031468581.post-52023855348144063692015-11-02T19:57:54.950-05:002015-11-02T19:57:54.950-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10447790266919894526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061870849031468581.post-34990310993914474962015-10-15T12:14:28.409-04:002015-10-15T12:14:28.409-04:00Unknown,
I don't know exactly why they tried t...Unknown,<br />I don't know exactly why they tried to fire me (I was 16 or 17 at the time, and not inclined to confront hostile adults, so I never asked). I suspect it's because they learned about my diabetes because, after I had finished my shift, I mentioned that I was experiencing low blood sugar. I think maybe they got scared and weren't sure how to deal?<br /><br />And thank you - for the most part I do enjoy this "cult" ^_^Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04095333164998549081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061870849031468581.post-31094826007896192742015-10-13T15:55:40.213-04:002015-10-13T15:55:40.213-04:00If I may ask - why was the librarian trying to fir...If I may ask - why was the librarian trying to fire you? Because you had diabetes and needed to eat a specific time/take medication at a specific time? That reasoning seems so petty to fire someone. I'm glad you stuck around & joined the "cult" :) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061870849031468581.post-63214959712394016142015-10-08T16:10:17.058-04:002015-10-08T16:10:17.058-04:00Kaylin,
Yes, I was warned not to voluntarily discl...Kaylin,<br />Yes, I was warned not to voluntarily disclose, or let it slip out. This can be hard to do in academic job interviews though, when eating meals with the interviewers is part of the hiring process. (Also, if you need to ask for accomodations, it's hard to do that without explaining why.)<br />Thanks for the question,<br />Jessica S.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04095333164998549081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061870849031468581.post-71582473541625988322015-10-08T12:34:00.583-04:002015-10-08T12:34:00.583-04:00The concept of disability has been getting a lot o...The concept of disability has been getting a lot of attention lately and I'm glad to hear a librarian's perspective! This is some great insight. I did have a question, though - when you mention being warned not to disclose your disability in an interview, do you mean voluntarily? I've never been in an interview situation where something like that would come up, either from me or the interviewer, so I was just wondering about your experience with it.Kaylinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07514987553376729968noreply@blogger.com