Hi

I am not blind, but I help out at the guide dog school and know a lot of blind people. Overall, the blind people I know have gone down one of these 3 paths: language-related, music-related and computer-programing-related careers. These seem to be the places where there is no handicap with sighted people. Then there are some artisans, some working for the blind community itself (socialization, guide dog training, education...). Oh and masseurs, that's also a popular choice because blind people are usually put at an advantage (undressing in front of a blind person can be less intimidating). While you can't realistically do just anything (truck driver), I think the options are still quite diverse. So far, all the blind people I know have indoor jobs but apart from that, the jobs are quite diverse :)

May I ask you what type of things do you like to do?

PS. I see you ask about assistive technology, I know computerwise, definetely all the blind people I know use various screenreaders. Other than that, I don't know specifically. I could ask them if you would like.

In my state (in Australia) you can get a degree in medical research. How awesome is that ?!

I have pretty low eye sight. I rely on magnifiers and stuff to read, so I really do understand how reading is an issue. For me to read a chapter of a text book could take forever lol

You could do counseling, language work, mathematics (something I spend a lot of time on). Massage therapist. Golly, a consultant in an area you like. So if you want to do business development, you can help businesses with growing bigger or teaching businesses how to be more environmentally friendly.


I am in the same boat (sort of ) as you. My career has bombed out because of my vision, so now I need to work out what I can do and not necessarily what I'd like to do. I'd like to be a courier buuuut....

I'm legally low-visioned. It wasn't until I was nearly finished with university before I really gave any thought as to how my disability might limit my career options. My advice, work in academia, specifically publicly-funded universities. They are very inclusive and have provided me with all the assistive technology I have asked for. Once you decided that you want to work in academia you have lots of options - business side, student affairs, library, etc. For me, I decided to go on and get a masters degree in library science and work for an academic library. Working for a publicly-funded university has also helped to me pay off my school loans, though being legally blind you may not even have loans. So, I would say look at where you might want to work, then decide on what you want to do! Perhaps look at job openings at places you might enjoy, then look at their job postings and work towards those careers. Feel free to ask me follow-up question. Also, academic institutions usually have disability services programs, that are awesome resources, both as a student and as an employee.