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Can a blind person serve in law enforcement or executive in some countries? (self.Blind)
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taversham 3 points 3y ago
Marsha de Cordova is another blind British politician - she was a lawyer, and is now an MP and a Shadow Minister for the Labour Party. More personally - my grandmother is blind but worked as a lawyer for decades, and my aunt is blind and works for the civil service.
Wikipedia has a whole category page for Blind politicians as well: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Blind_politicians
Wikipedia has a whole category page for Blind politicians as well: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Blind_politicians
Jonikster 1 points 3y ago
Wow! Thank you very much, very useful information.
codeplaysleep 3 points 3y ago
As for law enforcement, I know a girl who works as a dispatcher for our state police who's completely blind, and I used to do police/EMS dispatching years ago, myself.
As for becoming a lawyer, I certainly wouldn't rule that out because of your blindness. It might somewhat limit the types of law you can practice (maybe? or maybe not), but I can't see any reason why it wouldn't be possible.
As for becoming a lawyer, I certainly wouldn't rule that out because of your blindness. It might somewhat limit the types of law you can practice (maybe? or maybe not), but I can't see any reason why it wouldn't be possible.
_rj29 1 points 3y ago
I’m very interested in being a dispatcher and I’m legally blind, just interested in how your friend became a dispatcher and how do she complete her day to day work with being blind?
Jonikster 1 points 3y ago
What country is she in?
modulus 2 points 3y ago
Short answer, yes. Blind people can do legal work and operate in politics and so on.
Slightly longer answer. A lot of countries (I know Spain is one of them) are very reluctant to hiring foreigners to positions that relate to the direct exercise of public authority, such as police, prosecutorial functions, cabinet positions, or the like. Some of it are legal constraints, some of it is just going to be a matter of perception and so on.
This might prove a bigger obstacle than the blindness thing, although if you can obtain citizenship it should stop being a problem most places.
I'm a civil servant myself and have a law degree, though I use it for HR claims and such, not police functions.
Slightly longer answer. A lot of countries (I know Spain is one of them) are very reluctant to hiring foreigners to positions that relate to the direct exercise of public authority, such as police, prosecutorial functions, cabinet positions, or the like. Some of it are legal constraints, some of it is just going to be a matter of perception and so on.
This might prove a bigger obstacle than the blindness thing, although if you can obtain citizenship it should stop being a problem most places.
I'm a civil servant myself and have a law degree, though I use it for HR claims and such, not police functions.
8i8oio 2 points 3y ago
This is my friend, and he has been blind for 12 years. He is at least halfway through his law degree. I do not know what kind of law, and getting accessible materials in school has been hard, but he loves his degree.
He is very friendly if you want to ask him questions. He is in the US.
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He is very friendly if you want to ask him questions. He is in the US.
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fairlyfairies 2 points 3y ago
Look up Haben Girma, she is an amazing women who just graduated from Harvard Law school and is a disability rights advocate. She is deaf and blind. There are some great short videos about her journey on YouTube.
KillerLag 1 points 3y ago
I know someone who does translation work for the police, in Canada.
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