[BlindTlk] career ideas...

[Justin Williams]

You have a lot of = sings in your message.

Justin


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From: BlindTlk <blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Ericka via BlindTlk
Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2025 9:28 PM
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Cc: Ericka <dotwriter1 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] career ideas...

That=E2=80=99s a wonderful idea Madison!

As for me, I=E2=80=99ve been an activity assistant in a nursing home, a take=  care, worker and currently I work for national industries For The Blind as c= hief Penn prepare lol in my vision has changed over the years as I=E2=80=99v= e said, so some things are harder for me to do than they used to be. I=E2=80= =99m not in love with electronic medical health records for sure.

As to the volunteering, I feel like I=E2=80=99ve done it all, but I know I h= aven=E2=80=99t. Here. In the states we have a MERICORE. They do a lot of thi= ngs. Sometimes it=E2=80=99s building homes or working with kids in public sc= hools to get their skills to grade level. I don=E2=80=99t know if you=E2=80=99= ve heard the peace core here in the states but it=E2=80=99s similar to that o= nly in the United States rather than in a foreign country. My totally blind H= usband did 2AMERICORE experiences both in schools. One of them was at the Bl= ind school in our state and the other one was in Milwaukee Public school. He=  really loved it. Similarly I have helped build houses in Louisiana. Americo=  people taught us how to do siding or insulation or dig holes for fence post= s all three of which I have done. I have also volunteered in a food pantry a= nd did some social work related things for the Salvation Army in a community=  I lived in. I have taught Sunday school for years and years at various chur= ches, and I have worked with seniors in day programs and been a personal car= e worker in people=E2=80=98s homes as well. Someday I would like to do somet= hing with animals like help socialize cats in a foster system through the Hu= mane Society. All my cats have come from the Humane Society so it=E2=80=99s d= eep in my heart.

Hope this helps you. I wanted to be a teacher, special education specificall= y. Now looking back, I probably should have become certified to teach blind a= nd visually impaired. But I=E2=80=99m 53 and I=E2=80=99m not going back to s= chool.
Ericka Nelson
KD9VBX

> On Mar 21, 2025, at 11:48=E2=80=AFPM, madisonolivialanemartin483--- 
> via Bl=
indTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>=20
> =EF=BB=BFHi all,
> I'm not sure this is a very good idea as I know that visually 
>impaired/bli=
nd
> 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 d=
one
> 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 
> spec=
ific
> careers to research. I mentioned to her how I'm on chat lists for 
> blind/vi=
sually
> impaired people and she suggested that I ask you guys; what 
> jobs/careers/volunteer posisions have you had throughout the years? 
> Look f=
orward
> to reading your responses and maybe I'll learn about something that I 
> migh=
t
> actually like to research! Thanks for whatever any of you can provide 
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