I think that's a lot of the reason why. Some other disabilities are a lot easier to understand. Someone who nees a wheelchair for example has certain requirements to move around the workplace. But blindness has accommodations people don't understand very well and which are honestly difficult to understand. It requires changes to the productive processes, for example the employer may use a bespoke intranet application that is not accessible, and how do they deal with that? How do they know in advance whether something like this will arise? It's difficult.

i have been Visually impaired for over 20 years and have found that employers either dont want the "liability" or the cost of having someone with a sight impairment work for them, my advise to you is , dont be afraid to stir the pot a little, you find a employer the feeds you the line of crap about not wanting to change their system or they've tried this before, dont be afraid to threaten them with a disability claim through your state's EEOC here in the US and Canada there are laws that protect us as much as any other disability dont be afraid to use them

Have you tried NIB? They might be able to place you with an employer who has had *good* experiences with blind/visually impaired employees!

I agree with Zach_of_Spades. I would think all other job candidates are going to be calling and talking to employers themselves. By having a middle man that is the employer's introduction to you, calling people for you, advocating for you etc. it's starting you off as being different then sighted people and I don't think that helps. There are lots of extremely qualified blind people who deal with discrimination in the job market. You have to try harder, be more qualified, and be able to prove yourself more then the sighted people that you are competing against. If the employer gets the idea that you can't even call them for yourself, why would they think you could effectively do their job. I'm not saying finding a job as a blind person is easy, quite the opposite; I know it's tough out there, it's not fare, and I wish you luck.

Since sight is so central to our society and blindness is as equally misunderstood, sighted employers don't want to deal with the hassle of acclimating to us. This could be anything from installing software onto their computers to the ways in which our presence might impact company culture and productivity.

It was only two years ago that I was in the same position. I did find a job at a call center which was open to hiring blind employees. And I took it. But, it was telemarketing, paying only $9 an hour.

After four months at that job, I got really tired of endlessly applying to jobs and traveling to interviews only to be rejected right off the bat. So, I decided to become a freelance writer and make a living that way

I'm not saying that is the solution in your case,, but becoming self-employed or freelancing may be the way to go. I don't even have to tell people I'm blind unless there's a need for it. That sense of belonging and equality is worth a great deal.