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Sometimes it is difficult for a normal personal to find a job ,for us is
much more complicated, because people see us and think we can’t do it,
but that’s because we are not given the opportunity, they could say ok,
I'll give you a chance to see what you're capable of and we’ll see if we hire you
8 years ago Myriam did not only lost her husband and her two arms in
a car accident, but also lost the chance of finding a job
aided by a foundation, Miriam acquired two prosthetic upper limbs,
both devices end up in metal hooks Myriam learned to use instead of hands.
I feel capable of doing things and if I get the opportunity so much the better
As an assistant, receptionist, somewhere where I can utilize these devices.
The 34 year old woman recalls that everything was fine in the process
of getting a job at a company until it was time for the interview
Once I was sent to Red Cross in Polanco,
the director has a disability from the waist down,
he can’t move his legs, he also had an accident
but when he saw me with my hooks he said you won’t be of any help
here like that, knowing that he also had some problem
According to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography75%
of people with disabilities are unemployed in Mexico.
The Trust for the Americas, a cooperating agency of the Organization of American States,
has a program for employment opportunities through technology on the continent
Since 2004, 47 POETA classrooms have installed to train people with disabilities,
motor, visual and auditory, in Mexico and bring them to the labor market
I have the disability grant from the government and the D.F,
I sell perfumes, I sell candy, and the church where I attend has helped me a lot,
I say God has not left me and everyone has been very supporting,
but I want to work for my son who is going to high school now and has more expenses
Myriam has been taking computer classes for a 1 ½ in a POETA classroom ,
she uses an adapted have mouse that she can use with the metal hooks,
and she also uses the keyboard, and even though she knows how to manage data bases
and knows how to surf the web, Myriam still can’t get a job
Getting a job has been very difficult, sometimes ones’ appearance does not help people to get hired, people believe that we are not able to work,, they ask me “well what can you do?
Well now with my hooks I don’t know but if I get an opportunity
I’ll try my best, just give me a chance, that’s all I ask