[nabentre] ideas for work that blind people can successfully do from home

Mon Feb 19 02:10:57 UTC 2018

Hi, 

It sounds like you have had a mixed bag of experiences. It sounds like a job where you can be dealing with computers may be a good fit. 

I don't know how it works but some folks say they eventually make an income with blogging but I know nothing about it. It may be a very long road. 

I have another thought and please understand that I present this from a place of kindness and compassion. 

As I said before, it sounds to me like you have had some real challenges in your life and to me, you sound frustrated which is completely understandable given what you have experienced. 

Firstly, thank you for sharing and I honor your sharing of your experiences. 

Secondly, I wonder whether you might be able to find a way of unpackingsome of the things that have been your reality in a safe and and supportive environment? I just know from personal experience that once I allowed myself to name and honor my experiences, I was able to open up to so many more experiences and possibilities. I was able to explore options from a flace of hope rather than from a place of allowing my past experiences to completely dictate what I could and could nottake on. You'd be amazed at how those things that happened play into our lives even when we think we are finished with them. 

It may also be that having a supportive space might assist in further explorations as to what you may or may not be good at. You may find that having a chance to talk about what you have experienced gives you strategies to deal with things that have been hard like dealing with impossible people. This will open even more doors. When we feel frustrated, stuck and overwhelmed, it is very hard for us to project an attitude of I can. 

Just some random thoughts and again, no hurt intended. This is only based on my very limited personal experience so I offer it humbly and invite you to take what you find useful. Only you truly know what will work for you. 

Respectfully, 
Michelle 

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> On Feb 18, 2018, at 5:51 PM, Daniel Perry via nabentre <nabentre at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> something that's not so stuffy and serious, layed back and casual. You can be yourself and not what the company thinks you should be. I've got a problem working with rude bossy or unfriendly people.
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> From: "Reece O'Bryan via nabentre" <nabentre at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2018 8:38 PM
> To: "NAB Entrepreneurs Mailing List" <nabentre at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: "Reece O'Bryan" <reeceobryan at icloud.com>
> Subject: Re: [nabentre] ideas for work that blind people can successfully do from home
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>> I think that that might add to the difficulty, so yes. So what is your idea of fun?
>> 
>> Reece O'Bryan
>> 502-827-3725
>> 
>> ------Sent from my iPhone
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>>> On Feb 18, 2018, at 8:34 PM, Daniel Perry via nabentre <nabentre at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> preferably yes. Will this be a problem?
>>> 
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "Reece O'Bryan via nabentre" <nabentre at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2018 8:25 PM
>>> To: "NAB Entrepreneurs Mailing List" <nabentre at nfbnet.org>
>>> Cc: "Reece O'Bryan" <reeceobryan at icloud.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [nabentre] ideas for work that blind people can successfully do from home
>>> 
>>>> Is it a requirement that the at-Home job is fun?...
>>>> 
>>>> Reece O'Bryan
>>>> 502-827-3725
>>>> 
>>>> ------Sent from my iPhone
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>>>>> On Feb 18, 2018, at 8:21 PM, Albert Rizzi via nabentre <nabentre at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Dan,
>>>>> 
>>>>> When did you graduate?
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: nabentre [mailto:nabentre-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Perry via nabentre
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2018 8:16 PM
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>>>>> Cc: Daniel Perry <karate at centurylink.net>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [nabentre] ideas for work that blind people can successfully do from home
>>>>> 
>>>>> I don't have a degree, I quit college after about 4 years of absolute misery and unhappyness because of the lack of accessibility and do to the simple fact that I wasn't having any fun, so the most I have is a high school deploma, and although I technically graduated from my local school system, I really graduated from the virginia school for the deaf and blind in Staunton which is a fate I would not wish on my own worst enemy. When I graduated from there, the kind of work they had me doing, no employer in his right mind would have hired me for. I basically got payed to do things like play with the dogs at a boarding kennal, rewind tapes at the talking book center there at the local public library, and clean the chairs in the school's dining hall. I can type well on the computer as I say I've been using them since I was 5 years old, and if you'd like to know where my true passion lies it's in computer and video games. But math is to me what criptonite is to superman so I couldn't
>>>>> even code a game to save my life. And there in lies the challenge. I'm not really sure what I'd be good at to be quite honest with everyone. I could probably do transcription, but I don't really have any sort of equipment at all to do that kind of work. This usability testing thing sounds like something I could really get into though, so I'll look that over first and listen to other suggestions from the group as well.
>>>>> And no, I don't think I'm a part of the jobs email list come to think of it.
>>>>> 
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>>>>> From: "Leslie Fairall via nabentre" <nabentre at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2018 7:53 PM
>>>>> To: "Daniel Perry via nabentre" <nabentre at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> Cc: "Leslie Fairall" <fairall at panix.com>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [nabentre] ideas for work that blind people can successfully do from home
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi Dan:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Can you give us a little more info? Do you have a college degree or
>>>>>> prior work experience? What type of work do you want to do? I remember
>>>>>> seeing a work-from-home ad on the jobs list doing transcription work.
>>>>>> Are you on that list as well?
>>>>>> 
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