I know many blind people in all of these occupations.

While body language is important for psychologists, they can't use body language to make a diagnosis.

Try asking over in /r/Psychotherapy. If you search "blind", there are a few interesting posts on how blind and visually impaired therapists and psychologists do their work (taking notes, what to do if a client asks about their vision, etc).

This thread on documentation is nice: https://reddit.com/r/psychotherapy/comments/72frlm/blind_and_visually_impaired_counselors_and/

Here's a good comment on clients who ask about your vision: https://reddit.com/r/psychotherapy/comments/d95ov9/_/f1fatas/?context=1

i think a blind person could make an excellent therapists, counselors, or social worker. i think a blind person would be particularly good at helping other blind people. there are some things that a sighted person just isn't going to understand.

I had a psychologist that was totally blind from childhood and had both blind and sighted clients. It's definitely doable.

Before my other disabilities worsened, I was planning on going into forensic psychology and my case worker for our state agency for the blind completely supported it.

My Puerto Rico highschool therapist/counselor was blind and she didn't have many issues. Im not sure where you live but I'm sure you could go for it!

She could figure out what was going on based on my voice tone pretty well.

I’m a student behavior analyst that’s planning on adding a social work license later down the road, so this is doable. However, the one thing to keep in mind is that most state licensing boards will take vision into consideration when making a decision about licensure as there are medical questions on the majority of applications.

I also know someone who is a clinical psychologist and is VI...she has her own practice, I think

Yes, I know one. I think it actually is quite a good career for a blind individual.

I'm currently seeing a therapist who has rp and brings her guide dog to the sessions. A good book to read is Rebecca Alexander's book "Not Fade Away" She is a therapist who has Ushers Syndrome. She is losing both her sight and hearing. Her website rebalexander.com is inspiring because she's also an athlete And very popular public speaker.

Another person you can look up online is a young woman, Shaela Warkentin who totally lost her sight in a car accident at 15 and is currently working on a PhD in clinical psychology.

I think these are among the more common jobs for people who are blind or visually impaired. You can do anything as long as you only require a reasonable accommodation in order to perform the essential job duties. For example, I teach children with visual impairments. A blind coworker may need a driver to get from school to school and a set of eyes to help observe during functional vision assessments, but that’s kind of it. Everything else can be done just like any other teacher. I think a lot of the human services jobs are like that. Being blind can be a strength in some of these fields because certain clients may feel more comfortable opening up to you and may feel like you can relate to them. You also have to really pay attention to details that others may miss which can be a good thing for the people you work with.

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