[nabs-l] Jobs held by blind students

[Bre B]

On 6/27/2011 7:04 PM, Anjelina wrote:
> Hi all,
> I thought exploring jobs as students would be an interesting thread.
> What types have you held as a student?
> In high school I worked part time at taco Bell. I believe most jobs are feasible for a person who is blind. The barrier is finding employers who are willing to think outside of the box. Even at Ataco Bell I had to work my way up to washing dishes.
> It was mentioned it may be difficult for a blind person to flip burgers do to sanitary regulations. I'm not sure about Burger joints but most fast food items are precooked/prepackaged which just required dropping the meat into a thermalize.
> Since I have not yet faced the full-time world of employment,I cannot offer any advice. It is disheartening reading accounts of capable willing job candidates who also face discrimination. We know what we are capable of;  the obstacle is being given a chance.
>
> Anjelina
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Hello everyone,
I most certainly think this is an interesting topic to discuss.
I never really considered working in high school until my senior year. 
Then I worked as a tuttor for the after school program. I gained some 
experience from it, but there were some challenges. I found it difficult 
for me to help students with math because of not being able to look at 
the charts and graphs. However, I was usually able to give the student 
the basic idea of what to do with the problem. However, I mostly worked 
with students on foreign languate. I found that to be enjoyable 
considering the amount of French and Spanish I had had over the years. 
This seems to be a fairly typical job for blind students, but I 
necessarily consider that a bad thing. Howeverm I most certainly agree 
that many other jobs are possible. The thing I found most important was 
advocating for myself and expressing what I could do and was willing to 
try.

Bre