[nabs-l] speech-language pathology or special ed

[Kelsey Nicolay]

Hello,
I posted before that I am thinking about getting a masters degree 
in speech-language pathology.  However, I was talking to my 
former second grade teacher yesterday about it.  She said that 
she doesn't think I would be successful with this because of the 
high degree of visual tasks such as being able to see how someone 
is moving their mouth during speech or things like that.  I 
indicated that I could maybe do it by feel, but she still feels 
that this would be too visual.  This came from having talked to 
the speech therapist at the elementary school.  On the other 
hand, I have also considered the special education field.  I have 
been tutoring two students in Braille since June and really enjoy 
it.  My sister thinks that I'd make a good Braille teacher.  So I 
am wondering which field would be better suited for a totally 
blind student.  I want to make sure my money is being well spent.  
In other words, I don't want to go through the speech-language 
pathology program only to find out that I cannot do it.  Any 
opinions on this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Kelsey Nicolay