[BlindTlk] career ideas...

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Hi Madison,
Madison from my perspective your blindness doesn't prevent you from pursuing any career/job of your choice. So you can do any type of work. I've taken career assessments and I am looking into jobs in the business setting. At the same time though,  I am thinking about going to graduate school in a field that's considered to be  social sciences.
You can do any type of work.
Best of luck, 

-----Original Message-----
From: BlindTlk <blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Jude DaShiell via BlindTlk
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2025 1:32 AM
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Cc: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel at panix.com>
Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] career ideas...

First of all I'm not visually impaired but totally blind from birth as a result of genetics. That out of the way, I worked for the Government in computer programming and volunteered in off hours at a place making referbished computers that went all over the world.  I took donated computers apart so assemblers could harvest useable parts and build the referbs. Have you taken an aptitudes and interests test or more than one and answered all questions truthfully? If you haven't done this yet, I think that's your next step. The thing is, people are happiest doing the work for which they're best suited. Thousands of successful people took those tests before you and your answers will be matched against theirs to pick vocations for you. Before I took that test I didn't know specificly what I wanted to do and I used the test results for further education and entry into my chosen profession. If your counselor doesn't know about these tests, find another counselor who does know then take the test. On Fri, Mar 21, 2025 at 11:47:29PM -0500,
madisonolivialanemartin483--- via BlindTlk wrote:
> Hi all,
> I'm not sure this is a very good idea as I know that visually 
> impaired/blind people can do most of the same jobs as fully sighted 
> people but I told her I'd ask so I'm going to keep my word. Anyway, 
> I've been seeing a counselor for awhile now and the last couple of 
> times we've talked about career research even though she's not a 
> career counselor (though I feel like the things we've done were a 
> better fit for me then the stuff that a actual career counselor got me 
> to
> do) but anyway we've kind of hit a wall when it comes to figuring out 
> specific careers to research. I mentioned to her how I'm on chat lists 
> for blind/visually impaired people and she suggested that I ask you 
> guys; what jobs/careers/volunteer posisions have you had throughout 
> the years? Look forward to reading your responses and maybe I'll learn 
> about something that I might actually like to research! Thanks for 
> whatever any of you can provide me, Madison 
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