[humanser] counseling and social work

[Carly Mihalakis]

Good evening,

I would assert that, one could simply use a reader for those programs 
not yet accessable by JAWS?
Car At 02:48 PM 12/23/2014, Serena Cucco via humanser wrote:
>Hi Kelsey,
>
>Both counseling and social work are excellent careers for blind
>people, since they both involve tons of listening!  As far as
>accessing paperwork, you can scan them into the computer with Kursweil
>(sp?) 1000 software or a similar product.  There are some specific
>software programs for accessing medical records that are not yet
>accessible with Jaws.  I haven't had to use them yet, as I'm currently
>job hunting.  Others on the list will have more to say about this
>part.
>
>Serena
>
>On 12/23/14, Kelsey Nicolay via humanser <humanser at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I posted before that I might go into speech therapy, but I also
> > considered careers in the human services field at one point.  I
> > was considering clinical counseling or social work also.  What I
> > am wondering is are these two careers good for blind people? I
> > know counseling is a lot of listening to clients, so I don't
> > think that will be too much of an issue.  However, I don't know
> > too much about the field, so I'm not sure whether there are some
> > aspects that would be difficult for a blind person.  And what
> > about social work? Is that a career that I could pursue? If so,
> > how would I accomplish tasks relating to medical records,
> > paperwork, etc?
> > I would appreciate any input anyone has.
> > Thank you,
> > Kelsey Nicolay
> >
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