Disability Discrimination: Job Interview

[psychodrama81]

THE HELL IS WRONG WITH HOUSE MUSIC??? DISCRIMINATION! :D

[demikede1]

As a person diagnosed with a mild form of autism, anxiety disorder & depression (clinical diagnosis), its an issue affecting me whenever I seek employment or have work (currently I do). Discrimination comes in all forms, but the disabled can perform easily or equally at work. Acomodations should be provided for any employee whom request it to perform their job duties. It can be sign languager interpretators in meetings, braille paper sheets/audio-visual programs & push-doors for the limbless. +

[8soccer4life8]

much love

[twiztidlestat]

I LOVE this commercial, Ive been doing alot of personal research, on human behavior (By research, I mean watching alot of stuff, and reading etc) and I find it appalling the way we react some times. THIS type of commercial needs to be shown more than garbage like jersey shore

[Lalansophie]

@thezombiekiller87. Wow my daughter has Williams syndrome a very rare genetic disorder that effects one out of every 20,000 people. She may never be able to tie her shoes but she is a musical savant. Since your ignorance proceeds you, savant means genius. U r a fucking inconsiderate asshole who should be so lucky to have half the integrity and strength my three year old holds in her big toe. I always say that God made my daughter special, looks like he did the same for you.

[marshallah21]

@Lalansophie God bless you =)

[QuetzalElla]

@Lalansophie i bet your daughter plays beautiful music ^.^ my parents say that God made a little more special too, i'm a schizophrenic (stable though) with good artistic skill and musical ability. God bless you and your daughter ^.^ i wish you all the best

[returnoftheramble3]

I had a friend who was disabled. Her family cared, and they tracked her. They decided what she would do at 7. You guys turned me into a massive black hole. Let me explain something, disability makes us children, but we get wise. We don't need our shortwaves operated on or anything else. We adapted

[chadberry75]

IM A DITZY BLONDE..DOES THAT COUNT?

[matt301273]

That's great. Just because you have Down's Syndrome doesn't mean that you too can't get fucked in the ass by an employer and piss your life away under flourescent tubes in a pointless job.

[more2debra]

Unexpected and funny ending. Hope my interviews go like that when I next look for a job - I have Asperger's Syndrome.

[pmgranada]

SUBTITULOS EN ESPAÑOL (3)

D (Loid): Estoy encantado con tu Currículum Vital.

C: ¡Gracias!

D: Realmente impresionante, y Jim (el hombre B) me ha contado cosas muy buenas sobre ti, pero deberías asegurarte sobre una cosa… El no nos interesa físicamente. (Ríen). Encantado de conocerte.

C: ¡Gracias!

[pmgranada]

I subtitled the video in Spanish, but will not let me upload it to youtube because I'm not the owner.

It would be cool to share it with Spanish subtitles.

If you want to contact me, I've taken the time subtitling in Spanish.



[IndiannaLoseby1995]

To the person who thinks thezombiekiller is a cool name

I'd much rather leave my money to someone with downsydrome, then to a close minded prick like yourself :)

[LadyRuin2012]

Even though it's illegal to discriminate against someone with a disability, people do it because it's almost impossible to prove.

[MIKON8ERISBACK]

It is an all-too common scenario throughout the world.

Electing "politically correct" governments has done NOTHING to help.

[Tmanstext]

One: yay I like this ad! :D

Two: house music is awesome!!!

[PamelaRP]

Being discriminated against is real and happens to many many people including me. I went to school and got a degree in Accounting (4) year degree and took computers and have 17 years of solid job experience and was in two car wrecks one in 1992 and one in 2006 and now cannot get any job. No matter what they look at me and lie to me about jobs that do not even exist. Temp agencies are evil and tell you about non existant jobs. I have been to 138 places to no avail. I hate Oregon. It is bad here.

[MaddDogg81]

she has equal rights but you shoudl be able to do the job reasonably. So if she can;t do the job she shouldn't get it jsut because theya re disabled

[PamelaRP]

Thanks for posting this ad of how bad discrimination is among the disabled. I use a walker due to a car wreck that was not my falt and cannot get a job here in Oregon even with a 5 year Accounting degree. I took many computer courses and thought I did everything right and was in a car wreck in 2005 and 1992. I have been out of work since August of 2009 and have been to 140 places to look for a job most of them agencies. Employers are evil and know you cannot prove this.

[thezombiekiller87]

Oh come on. You people really gonna trust a retarded person with millions of dollars of your money for investments I wouldn't.

[1982mockingbird1982]

Yay! I love this ad

[indigoziona]

I must admit there's a certain Fridge Horror to this video. Watching it back, it does look like the interviewers were playing with the applicant for shits and giggles. It's almost as if the interviewers were saying, "Lloyd might not like you because you're disabled! You might do things wrong! You're different and odd! Lloyd is scary and might make or break you..."

(awkward silence)

"Just kidding, he's just unnaturally prejudiced against house music. Haha, your face!"

[fireicer]

@vitaedigest because the smartest are usually multi-billion airs and we dont even know of there existence not alone what they say. just kidding. I have a theory which is smarter people can stand up and fight for there case unlike the less fortunate, hence. eg. we would expect more from Einstein than an alcoholic. now thats discrimination and certainly not equal. Wise words: Never judge!

[terrorsquadlith]

wow they gave that downie like 4 words in this commercial :) Loyd, yes, thank you

[1RadicalOne]

There is a grain of salt to be taken with this. While noone should be rejected purely on the basis of a disability, some disabilities do disqualify people from some occupations. Case in point: Down's syndrome sufferers have a median IQ of half that of the average population; ergo, someone with Down's syndrome with diminished cognitive capacities - not all, not even close - would be less qualified for some jobs, such as professorship, engineering, and so on. That said, there would be exceptions.

[indigoziona]

When was the last time you had to take an IQ test in an interview? Interviews should focus on whether the individual is the right person for the job - in this case, if the woman submitted a good application form, impressed the interviewers and appeared fully capable of doing the job, then there's no reason why she shouldn't do it. Also, IQ isn't a qualification - employers look at the actual qualifications (eg, NVQs, GCSEs) that people possess.

[VincentBrooke1]

House music is not terrible...

[srinivaskari]

@vitaedigest you nailed it................i read somewhere....."the only thing necessary for evil to suceed in this world is for good men to do nothing".........

[Meescool2]

0:51

He should have said, "You're not really a fucking retard, are you?"

Retards are mistakes, kill them with fire before they get a chance to grow up. They're destroying and polluting society with their plague.

By the way, kudos to anyone that thinks it's clever to say, "Hur hur you're a retard" or "at least a retard is smarter than you hur hur hur." I'm sure you're all "SPESHUL" too.

Fucking retards. xD

[planetrockford]

@Meescool2 You are a bit of a dickhead to say the least. Let us all promote only the most gifted in society, the result? More powerful weapons, more pesticides, more economic meltdowns.

[MsGnorts]

@vitaedigest That is true, and that place is specially reserved for presidents of nations.

Ask me about my president, Alvaro Colom of Guatemala.

The stupidest, most corrupt vermin in all the universe!

[terrorsquadlith]

ahhh come on shes retarded ! only gave her like 2 words in this add :D

[garyrollinson1984]

this add is so wrong iv tryed and tryed to got a job and theres some sort of blacker for some disability people and some tomes they ask you about the disability at the interview and when you tell the they say no in yore face or say you are to under-qualified for the job but thats just plan out wrong we shed have rights as anyone ells has

[thehotshirtguy2008]

@garyrollinson1984 I wouldn't want you to work for me since you can't spell. That's not discrimination, that's you not being able to meet my expectations and the requirements for the job.

[vince89130]

N'empeche, entre elle et un niquab ou une burqua j'ai déja fait mon choix

[WolfgangPain]

-_- good, now make a video for my aspergers

[blanknot]

@vitaedigest It's not about the smartest vs. the dumbest. It's the moral vs. the immoral. And the answer is because you usually have to step on people to get on top.

[electrogeek77]

@psyjunta Ba-zing.

[LovetheV1De05]

Disability and working is a hard thing for others who do not have a disability to recognize--self esteem, self-doubt, and people ranking (always comparing between you and another) disabled people really does have an effect on ALL of society. I have an MS in Diversity Education, yet I am still scared to look inside and see an individual who would be looked at as "just another worker." All disabilities are different in their effect, but all people are challenged by the label disability.

[oglocgeeks2nd]

I was getting progressively angrier until the end.

[flj7]

"you're not really into all that awful house music, are you?" This is hilarious.

[jebeja]

piflover, Thanks for posting. Very uplifting infomercial.

[PamelaRP]

The real truth of the matter is that disabled people are RARELY hired for jobs especially in Oregon. I use a walker and it has been over a year and 117 interviews and no one will hire me at all for work. I was in an accident that was not my falt in 2006 and feel that every person out there is blaming me for my knees being out. The REAL unemployment rate among the disabled is over 350% according to websites I have seen. Discrimination is REAL and there is not a DAMN thing you can do about it.

[AmericanSoapBox]

@PamelaRP In case you haven't NOTICED Oregon has the HIGHEST Unemployment rate IN THE COUNTRY!

1,000 of people are trying out for the same damn job you are and most are probably better qualified. It has NOTHING to do with your walking stick.

TRUST ME.

Thanks to OBAMA Employers are now FORCED to cover everyone with Health Insurance. Health Insurance now must cover ALL Preexisting issues. That VERY COSTLY to Employers.

THANK OBAMA PAMELA!

[anonUK]

@PamelaRP

350%? Who then do you count as unemployed?

[AlexiisNicole]

@actuary33 Then, thank God it's not up to you. Just tell me, would you still say that if that was you're daughter? Or someone you loved? Just think, will you?

[MLBYERZ]

@vitaedigest Because we elect them.. Not I, BUT OTHERS. There are some very dumb people out there, and they vote.

-BEWARE-

[Bjslilone]

To the fool that said they shouldn't have hired her. They are not carnies they are people and def way better than you apparently are for saying the things your saying. I feel sorry for you karma is a bitch remember what comes around goes around

[bcroger2]

@vitaedigest

Handwork is more important then intelligence.

[KwNJn1]

She has down syndrome?

[CHINADRAGON1985]

Since you've watched this video Can you tell me what did the general manager's last sentence,seems like"you don't.....' Sorry,English isn't my mother tongue....Thanks a million

[gregpwx]

@CHINADRAGON1985 Seems like you don't like that awful house music!

[Sims2freakazoider]

@CHINADRAGON1985 He says, "You're not really into all that awful House music are you?"

[Justinfhtube]

@vitaedigest Are you referring to people with intellectual disabilities.

[flj7]

haha this is great. I was mad about it until I got to the end.

[flj7]

haha this is great. I was mad about it until I got to the end.

[actuary33]

i wish they wouldnt have hired her...those carnies always playing the retard card because noone will hire them..all those people should have been coat hooked. If it were up to me, they working as chimney sweeps or dig diggers so one one would have to look at them...waste a crime.

[actuary33]

i wish they wouldnt have hired her...those carnies always playing the retard card because noone will hire them..all those people should have been coat hooked. If it were up to me, they working as chimney sweeps or dig diggers so one one would have to look at them...waste a crime.

[innerlens]

Thank  you.

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[cricinfoisdope]

@vitaedigest the smartest do run everything theyre just not public about it and smart enough to understand that. whereas the stupid ppl r always noticed and thats all u c. so just bc u dont notice things and are stuck in a certain perspective doesn't mean the world is also going to

[homer091]

because stupid people out number smart people

[2autmom]

I am a father of two boys with autism. I hope some day they will make a law that makes it mandatory for companies to hire at least two people with disabilities ,

I know if it was a law I would be able find jobs for my boys.

[SomeonewhoisFrench]

@vitaedigest Because the smartest want nothing to do with it is my best guess. My brother, for example. Complete genius. Nearly perfect scores on the ACTs and SATs WITHOUT studying, on his first time, AND no calculator. Always got As without trying. Got a full-ride scholarship to college. He went for a couple years, decided it wasn't any fun, so he dropped out and is a dish-washer and is LOVING it.

C'est la vie...

[Michaeltracks]

This video is a very simple and apelative way to make people change his point of view about disabilited people...

I think that people with disabilities must have the same oportunities that every "normal" people have's.

[heavenlycharm86]

lol ...it is sad how dis. ppl. get looked at like that. but, as a person with metal illness i know how that can be!!! however i also believe that if you are not able to do the job there is no point....

[emzzdad]

Time to take ya hoodies off....Have an open mind...Emzdad

[JiggerJack]

nice spot..

[DoWhaJo]

Hillary Clinton is the eldest of three and has two YOUNGER brothers. I think this is the reason why she is so powerful. We need more Hillarys and (Meryl Streeps, who is of the same birth order) don't you think? So if your first child happens to be a girl, and your second child a boy, then have a third child. Hopefully he is a boy.

[philsaspiezone]

Where I live a Down syndrome person ina job interview would seem like something out of an episode of Star Trek it is so far ahead of its time. Where I live it seems like the Dark Ages. I have Asperger syndrome and have been discriminated in looking for a job many times

[Rw7451]

@vitaedigest

@vitaedigest. would you rather have a smart person running the show for a large company, or someone stupid? Think hard before you answer. (Consider the tough times we are in now...)

Lol what a stupid question. The world has always worked like that, since day one.

[fairhillnorrie]

i suffer with Arthritis and heart disease and despite 6 years of Schemes i cannot find any part time work. i last worked 2005. its a nightmare being discriminated against. i am extremely mobile... bloody no life... am i the only one who finds it difficult? its a lonely life being rejected by so called healthy people. thank you.. from Ireland...

[WheelzAndTheChair]

The down syndrome chick is sexy.

Wheelz.

[johnnybrooch]

she looks like scarlet johannson :) or however her last name is spelled :)

[coolwhip66]

eww that womans bald head

[anurre5]

Pssshh! Sure you use a girl with DS...what about those with disabilities we can see? My sister has Aspergers and my brother has dyslexia & ADD. Ya, think about how many times they have been discriminated against...more than you prob think!! I think there should be a place on applications so that this doesn't happen and people will understand their situation.

[123happysunshine]

very rude ppl dont know how to deal down syndorome unless u have one in your family.

[Smurphyturf]

In the US with laws like ADA, Civil Rights Act 64, Disability discrimination is rampant. Most states are "right to work" states. Companies can fire you for anything - the color of your shirt. Many (not all) companies hide behind this "right to work" to protect them from EEOC (disability) legal action. Job performance does suffer when you have to do 4 chemo treatments a day, like me. Cancer shouldn't be a blank check, but most of my requests for Reasonable Accommodation - denied. What to do?

[Smurphyturf]

In the US with laws like ADA, Civil Rights Act 64, Disability discrimination is rampant. Most states are "right to work" states. Companies can fire you for anything - the color of your shirt. Many (not all) companies hide behind this "right to work" to protect them from EEOC (disability) legal action. Job performance does suffer when you have to do 4 chemo treatments a day, like me. Cancer shouldn't be a blank check, but most of my requests for Reasonable Accommodation - denied. What to do?

[baronscarpia1]

In the UK, they would ot be allowed to discriminate on the basis of sexuality, so discriminating against a heterosexual (let's say) would be illegal. However, if it can be shown that the job holder HAS to be a gay man, discrimination is allowed. To use another example, I believe that a care home for severely disabled female residents would be allowed to only employ female staff, considering the nature of the work.

[Rw7451]

@baronscarpia1.

(However, if it can be shown that the job holder HAS to be a gay man, discrimination is allowed.) Gotta love the bias in that comment, minorities are treated like kings today, while the average white person is left high and dry, gotta love "equality". People want it, but then again want MORE for their certain race/sexual preference.

[djcontort]

yeah,i have a friend who's into house music, it's terrible.

[hotelmario510]

I have no mental health problems that I know of but I was-and sometimes still am-seen as a nerd. Discrimination hurts. Like they say, see the person, not the fact they understand how nuclear power works at 8(I'm 13 now)

[RiggeDPuzzlE]

I have Autism (HF), and I've experienced discrimination myself, that sometimes I had to resort to lying about myself just to get a job once. Once they found I had a disability, I'm gone, simple as that. Funny how society  treats the disabled (both physically and mentally) like life's speed bumps, that we just slow people down. I'm sure disabled people are just as capable, if not more, than able people to get the job done since we have strong points. Don't diss my/our ability/ties.

[Paracetamoljunkie]

Youre MORE capable? Who's discriminating now?

[Mygoodmusicchoices]

good point

[hero22zippy]

@Paracetamoljunkie my plan is i get my own bussines,cafe or salsa store, and i will hire ppl w/ Disabilitys, i have them to

[PtH888999]

She has down syndrome.

You probably have a mild form of autism like asbergers.

[TheRDOD]

A good video.

[thekinginyellowx]

Fantastic commercial, fantastic campaign, fantastic message. We need something like this in the US.

[BeyoncesGal]

Disability person CAN.

[AbiH31]

This is sweet. Thanks for posting!

[sirtom23]

thats lovely

[ABAisSCIENCE]

Nobody would say such things during an interview or definitely be sued whether the job is offered or not in America.

[turningpointtelly]

Unfortunately it does happen here and in the USA hence the need to enforce the Disability Discrimination Act. One day everyone will be treat equally regardless of ability, race, creed, gender, etc.

[daemon138]

And all that hassle just to be a tea lady...

[fraserkatie]

Why not? She has an equal right to work just like everyone else!

[stevecooganfan]

The sad reality is that the lady concerned would not have even made it to an interview.

[plasticineraindrops]

In the UK, where this is made- if you state you have a disability on your application form, you SHOULD legally have an automatic right to get through to interview.

[Kyberspawn]

Why, no one has the right to a job, it makes no sense to choose the weak above the strong.

[Cleric775]

Hmmm, it seems you're right and wrong at the same time =s

Well, I suppose it makes sense when you don't see a policeman on a wheelchair and wheelchair users can do well on office or on Point Of Sale posts.

[polkadotpants]

Interesting perspective, though sometimes those deemed 'weak' such as my son have extraordinary skills that surpass the 'strong' :)

[stevecooganfan]

I wasn't being horrible about people with disabilities. Discrimination does exist (hence why this PIF was made in the first place) and contrary to what plasticineraindrops says, declaring problems on an application form just help the discriminators to weed out those they see as undesirable.

[electrogeek77]

Everyone has the right to compete for a job. Try losing one because of discrimination yourself.

[samuraikensai]

Screw you Kyber...I have Crohn's disease and people haven't been giving me an interview since I was made redundant from the MoD. When I was working for the government I had the condition and I was a harder worker than anyone else in the team I worked with in my office. I did more than my share of work during a time of base-transition and helped train new staff even when I wasn't on full hours...I thoroughly earned my bonus!! I can do an office job as good as the next man...weekness is bull...

[roon41]

Kyberspawn,Why do you assume the disabled are weak. I walk a mile three times a week on forearm crutches and lift weights. I also drive with hand controls. I'm pretty damn strong. Care to armwrestle?

[turningpointtelly]

We are a disability awareness organisation and we don't agree with this "right to an interview" just because of disability. People with disabilities want to be treat equally as able-bodied persons. Positive discrimination isn't equality, it giving disabled persons "special priviliges" which we do not need.

[rancar29]

@turningpointtelly What a great post!

[roon41]

Not always..I've gotten interviews based on my skills and I have a physical disability. I'm now working PT as a narrator and working toward grad school.