Employment Opportunities For The Legally Blind

Low vision is poor vision that can t be corrected.

Employment opportunities for the legally blind.

By dick davis associate director blind inc. These blind entrepreneurs manage a wide variety of food service operations including cafeterias coffee shops vending locations and highway area vending sites. A person with low vision has. We do have a good answer and through this blog will tell you about the best career options and jobs blind people can consider.

And chair national federation of the blind employment committee information for everyone lots of people ask me what kinds of jobs blind people can do. Convening decision makers and creating new opportunities for people who are blind or visually impaired is central to afb s employment strategy. One of the damaging sterotypes about blindness is the belief that the blind are limited to a specific and finite list of jobs that blind people can do even when we hear about ablind person who is doing something new or novel new to us anyway we either discount it she is the exception or we just add one more job that. But people who are totally blind can t see those things at all.

Visually intense jobs are not suited for the blind but the vast majority of work in a modern society can be customized to suit someone in your position. And interestingly there are more numbers of jobs for blind people now than there was a year before. Jobs for which most of the work is done over the phone are ideal choices for legally. Of education united way central florida and local government contracts.

For many people who are legally blind vision isn t completely erased. In addition to freelance jobs you can write for. There are more options for the visually impaired in the job market than ever before. Determine the jobs available for the visually impaired.

Apply to test operator customer service representative quality assurance tester and more. It is a question many curious individuals and visually impaired ask career counselors like us. Programs associated with this position are sponsored by division of blind services state of florida dept. Blind leaders development program creating widespread change requires an even more significant presence of people with vision loss at the highest levels of leadership.

The randolph sheppard business enterprise program provides entrepreneurial opportunities for legally blind clients of vocational rehabilitation services. If you enjoy writing there are many options. The assumption is that there are jobs for which blind people because of their unique characteristics and limitations are particularly. Telemarketing and customer service.