I majored in two fields (that's how it works in my country), History and English linguistics and literature. Although I was born with my condition, the really dramatic loss of vision began during the end of my Bachelor studies. However, the way the university system works in my country, you can't randomly switch to another field for your Master's because, well, you don't know anything about it. So you can only get Master's degrees in fields where you've already done a Bachelor's degree. For this reason, I had no choice but to continue History and English linguistics and literature in my Master's.

While I love both of these fields, I must say they're not good choices for a blind or nearly blind person. For example both of them involve a ton of reading and before I learned how to work with screen readers, I was forced to read everything visually, off the sheets of paper or printed books. Already back then, my eyesight was well below the boundary of legal blindness (we're talking roughly 1/20 on one eye), so you can imagine how difficult that was more me. But even now that I'm more accustomed with some of the technology, there are a lot of obstacles. For example any handwritten sources become essentially inaccessible to me, which in turn means most history prior to the 18th century becomes inaccessible to me. Another problem is that screen readers struggle with certain situations. For example I'm currently writing my Master thesis and many of the sources I need to read are written in medieval Latin. To my knowledge, there is no screenreader that knows Latin, certainly not vulgar (medieval Latin). So basically I'm forced to squint really hard and read them visually or ask someone else to read them to me (which is also tricky because that person may not be good at pronouncing the words correctly).

If I could go back and choose one more time, I'd probably go for something different. History and English were always my passions but I think I could have made my life easier if I had chosen something that I'm less interested in but that's more practical. Not just in terms of accessibility but also in terms of job availability. When I began my studies at age 21, my eyesight was significantly better and back, I frankly didn't think much about my future. I simply assumed things were going to work out somehow and I was going to find a job. My dream job had always been to become a teacher. Now that this is out of reach, I feel like I've shot myself in the foot a bit. I probably should've just studied law or economics or something like that.

1. Why not the MSW?
2. Maybe CRC. or VRT?
3. What is your Bachelors in

Finance would be practical and lead to work. I’m 24 and still completing my bachelor’s, but I’ve done psychology and social work. I enjoyed the coursework involved with social work but a lot of the jobs required drivers license. I’m currently studying a bachelor of business and majoring in Human Resources. Still involves people, it’s good a good work-life balance afaik, it’s practical, and no driving required.