Show HN: Remote jobs for people with disabilities
I have mixed feelings about this. I have a disability. I went through a program to help me get a job. Thankfully, I had a job offer by the time the intake process was completed because their approach was likely to leave me trapped in poverty permanently rather than merely for years while I sorted my personal issues.<p>It seems to be inherently problematic to do this type of focus. Putting your emphasis on the disability first and foremost tends to be counterproductive.<p>It also promotes a mentality that you deserve a job for your son story. This tends to work about as well as nepotism does, and for pretty much the same reason.<p>People may need a job even though they are disabled, but the focus really needs to be on &quot;Well, what <i>can</i> you do?&quot;<p>The very first problem I see with this is that it promises <i>full-time</i> remote jobs. Disabled people often have a lot of trouble working full-time. Many of them want part-time work.<p>My first full-time job was actually only 37.5 hours per week on the evening shift. That 2.5 hours difference was important. I eventually made the switch to 40 hours on the day shift and the transition was really hard. I spent weeks feeling exhausted, and this was after having that job for a while. I probably would have washed out had I started at 40 hours on day shift.<p>I would prefer to see a blog that explored disability issues combined with a remote job board where the listings answered the kind of questions a person with a disability might have. The blog could explore what works and why for different types of disabilities, then highlight a few current job postings.<p>A lot of disabled people were able-bodied until something bad happened to them. They may not know what they need to know to make life work as a disabled person. Most messages aimed at disabled individuals tell them they just can&#x27;t do what others do. Figuring it all out yourself is an extra job on top of trying to make life work with a disability.<p>I would especially like to see part-time remote jobs and things with flexible hours.<p>In practice, I have found that 1099 positions serve my needs better than a &quot;remote job.&quot; I saw how remote jobs were handled by my previous corporate employer. To my mind, it was a worst of both worlds scenario.<p>As a person with a disability, I need more control over my time and life and more opportunity to do things on my terms. I need control over my schedule. Jobs tend to not offer that. Certain contract positions classified as 1099 work tend to be better about that. (Which isn&#x27;t to say this is always true. Not all 1099 positions are like that.)<p>One problem with a job: the work is structured with an expectation that you show up at certain hours and hit a certain productivity level for those hours. I like doing piece work where I know when it needs to be finished, but it is up to me when I do it and how long I spend on it.<p>Different disabilities will have different needs and remedies. What a blind person needs will very much differ from what I need. What a deaf person needs will very much differ from both those scenarios.<p>I hope you are wildly successful. Please take my remarks in the spirit of constructive feedback.<p>Edit: I will note that I like the name and I think the name gives it potential to become something that fits with my above thoughts about how to approach this problem space.