Legally blind and I’m a therapist in private practice.

I'm fully blind and am an Accessibility Specialist, helping make apps and websites accessible for us all. Currently contracting for Lyft and the Center for Accessible Technology, plus do some work with the Internet Archive on occasion. Hoping to go full-time this year to be an overall accessibility tester, designer, and advocate for Lyft.

I have visual impairments and Aspergers and I work at a convenience store as a service clerk! I’ve been working at the same place for five years and 5 months now! I am so blessed to work there! I am surrounded by great co-workers and managers who really appreciate me over there!

Blind friend works for Apple as a phone customer care rep. He only has positive things to say and they pay just over $15

I work in artificial intelligence and robotics programming. I have 20% vision, but I code in my head.

VI. Working in in an office job for the government. Its an admin ish type of job completely computer based. Dealing with property and land law.


Also have a completely blind friend who works for a charity. His job is to compile and submit research also completely computer based.

VI here. I work in the schools. I’m a special Ed paraprofessional.

VI and I'm doing post-grad work at my chosen university, while also working as a tax preparer (see you April 13th, procrastinators!) as well as the head of sewing in the university's athletic department.

There are more avenues to employment than you think there are. It's all about self confidence and knowing what you're good at. I'm great at networking and being a self-starter; what are YOU comfortable with?

Also, what work do you think is beyond you now?? I have friends who work at Google in the accessibility department, there are those who work for the government with desk jobs, there are some who work with other VI people who are just learning to navigate without their vision.

Don't let sighted people, nor sighted mentality, keep you down

VI as well. Was diagnosed almost a year ago. I am a creative director at a commercial production company. We make digital commercials for a bunch of really big brands and we specialize in VFX and animation.
Having low vision and directing highly visual spots is certainly challenging at times but I am fortunate to work with a small, supportive team that has my back when I need them. I don’t allow my disability to take my creativity and my passion from me.
Time will only tell how long I will be able to continue in this role but I am embracing each day I have with my sight and moving forward without fear.

Hang in there everyone. People are capable of extraordinary things. Losing your vision isn’t a death sentence.

If you are in the US, you should contact your state agency for the blind. They should have someone like my boss that will help you find work. Good luck!

My partner has a visual impairment and she works as a mental health support worker. It's a tough job but she is incredibly hard working and dedicated. She's a huge inspiration in my life.

VI and I am a mental health therapist working in community mental health

My boyfriend is blind since birth, he works as an IT security specialist.

I work in eCommerce doing many different kinds of things. Look for employment with NIB (national industries for the blind) sister agencies. I had to leave my home state to find work, but i'm happy I took the chance.

I'm a freelance writer, and I write blog posts, articles, and product reviews for companies and businesses.

I'm visually impaired. I do web development stuff.

I was dishes, don’t need sight and people with knifes wash them themselves.

Civil service. Specifically I'm a chief of the human resources service for a ministry. The job is about leading the team, setting common criteria, and finding legal solutions to HR issues like appeals, disciplinary proceedings etc.

> now that all options I favoured are impossible for me.

- Sniper?
- Peeping Tom?

That's all I can think of that could be impossible, what's your list?

As well as the examples elsewhere in this thread I know VI people who are a senior civil servant and another who works as a senior HR manager.

If you are interested in politics then this Brit could inspire you: $1

> Blind since birth, and coming from a poor family in one of Sheffield's most deprived districts, he rose to become Education and Employment Secretary, Home Secretary and Work and Pensions Secretary

I work in a call center with a lot of other blind fellas. It was through LightHouse in FL. Call them and/or Blind Services for employment help.

I was a massage therapist for seven or eight years. Unfortunately my wrists have not held up, and I am back in school again. I am going to school for entrepreneurship and currently trying to teach myself how to code. I find that it is easy to start down a path with excitement and then find that there are going to be some serious challenges regardless of what you choose with limited sight or no sight. I definitely appreciate what the previous poster said that they are working on. It can definitely be frustrating trying to do something simple online and getting held up by something that was not made accessible. I may be slightly naïve here, but I looked into HTML five and it seems extremely simple to add text to anything whether it is a button or image or anything else. So getting back to the topic of jobs, I feel like we definitely need more blind professionals in the technology and development industries that can make all user interfaces more intuitive and accessible to all. Not just for blind people.

Hey OP, I'm not blind, but here are jobs of blind people I have worked with or met:

- Audio engineer
- Government admin work
- Scientist/accessibility engineer
- Consultant
- Astrophysicist
- Mobility coach
- Staff attorney/director, Office of the President (at a university)

What are the preferred options, or types of activities, that you now find impossible?

Blind person here, working in tech as an IT security specialist/pentester.

I’m VI, I currently babysit and petsit in my neighborhood (I’ve built a solid network via word of mouth etc so I have more than enough business within 10min walking distance, we live in a large subdivision).

I’m in a double major for child development and psychology, with plans to work in the infant mental health field, likely doing a mix of academic research through grad school and work evaluating infants and toddlers for early intervention purposes.

While I can’t nanny or anything that requires driving, if you love children, the child dev field is so rewarding, you could work from the disability side of things, or just childcare, or anything really as long as you have good relationships with families!!

Psych is where I started, and while the field feels over saturated at times, if it interests you, i would suggest finding your niche that you’re deeply interested in and become THAT expert to the best of your ability!

I suggest that in really any field- make yourself invaluable by finding your corner of expertise. I hope some of this helps!!

(Side note- I think it’s really interesting/cool how many VI/B people are working in mental health or with computers in some capacity!)

I’m not blind but have several coworkers who are (work in a hospital), they are language interpreters.

I’ve been a assistive technology and braille instructor, call center representative for sprint wireless, and Bank of America. And a live chat representative for a nationwide learning center. Additionally, in high school I was a cashier for a local comic book store, and now I’m running my own podcast network while teaching other blind individuals how to find or create employment. Check out more information about the employment workshop will be hosting starting Monday, to teach people to create their own employment.

https://blindemployment.org/be101/

Out of all of my work experience, I’ll tell you that the most challenging has been transportation.

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