Steve’s Story: Making the Business World His World
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MEET STEVE
Image opens with a card that reads: This program was made by Sarah Baez, Development Intern at Helen Keller Services.
Next image is of Sarah standing and smiling at the camera.
Image of card that reads: Sarah is legally blind.
Image of card that reads: Helen Keller Works: An employment story.
Image of card that reads: Steve Mercer
Image of Steve at a computer using Zoom text to enlarge the print on the screen.
Steve: To have an organization to come to, it’s nice to have something to be a part of, to feel like you’re useful in the world, and not useless. I was declared legally blind at the age of eight and this is my world.
Image of Steve on the telephone.
Steve: I mean, I don’t know it any different. I've never seen, you know, normal.
Image of Steve walking around the office.
Steve: I started with Enterprise April 12, 2010. I’m the Receptionist. Typical day at work: I come through the door and I start harassing people. (He laughs).
Image of Steve putting together a Fed Ex box.
Steve: Actually, when I get to work in the mornings, Fed Ex is a big part of my job. I’m responsible for packing up everything that goes out to other vendors to be served.
Image of Steve carrying files and paperwork.
Steve: So, I come in and start gathering that up because I never know how much that’s going to be. It can be a little or it can be a lot. Kind of the go-to guy around here when somebody has something they don’t know what to do with. Or how to fix. They come to me and I kind of step up and see if I can figure out how to fix it or call the proper people to fix it.
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