Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment To be honest, it is really difficult. The employment options for the blind are very narrow.In China, 90% of blind people work in massage.Before, I was one of them.But now, I am trying to do audio novel broadcasting work.This work benefited from

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment To be honest, it is really difficult. The employment options for the blind are very narrow.In China, 90% of blind people work in massage.Before, I was one of them.But now, I am trying to do audio novel broadcasting work.This work benefited from

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment To be honest, it is really difficult. The employment options for the blind are very narrow.In China, 90% of blind people work in massage.Before, I was one of them.But now, I am trying to do audio novel broadcasting work.This work benefited from

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment To be honest, it is really difficult. The employment options for the blind are very narrow.In China, 90% of blind people work in massage.Before, I was one of them.But now, I am trying to do audio novel broadcasting work.This work benefited from

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment It depends what you're volunteering in and how old you are?  I mean if it's cashier and you're 19 or 20 no one's going to care.  If you're trying to be a programmer and you're 40 there will be lots of questions.  Afaik you're still in high

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment So one thing.  For CVs there are specific formats, like the europass format, which I use. As for disclosing a disability, I thinkj if it is not rellevent to the job, or doesn't offer an advantage, I would say its smart  not to disclose it. You

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment So one thing.  For CVs there are specific formats, like the europass format, which I use. As for disclosing a disability, I thinkj if it is not rellevent to the job, or doesn't offer an advantage, I would say its smart  not to disclose it. You

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment @44 thanks for the info. I feel lost, because my resume has like nothing on it. It has two very short volunteer entries in the work experience section. That's not going to be enough, even for a sighted person. Or am I wrong? Do most sighted

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment @41Here's the thing.  Blind people debate whether you should disclose from the beginning or not.  I do, but that's because "Hi, I'm the blind programmer who's done work on compilers" helps me, and I've got enough experience that

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment I see a lot of rampant misspelling and lack of facility with screen reading software in the blind community. What I mean by that second part is, say you encounter a combo box that doesn't read as you arrow through. So many people get frustrated

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment I had a interview for a laundry at a nursing home and I had a interview scheduled and I told the guy that I was blind and he litterly cancaled the interview right on the phone. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/610830/#p610830

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment I knew about the write resume, apply, get interviewed, and start steps. I was just curious if there were others I missed or if there were details I didn't know about. Deciding if you should, and when you should tell them about blindness

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment I knew about the write resume, apply, get interviewed, and start steps. I was just curious if there were others I missed or if there were details I didn't know about. Deciding if you should, and when you should tell them about blindness

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment @39I mean for retail and stuff you can have the job same day, best case.  That's not really true if you're blind, but I think that whatever your idea of the job process is kind of flawed.  You send them your resume, they say yes we want

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment @38 damn. I hope things don't get to that point for you. And @36 yeah, it's something, but not enough. You can always apply for more jobs while you have this one and move over once you land a position. Or am I totally incorrect on that? You

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment They get you in another way too. The inability to reapply for a year if you get kicked off? If that happened to me, I'd be dead, because with the loss of the check comes the loss of insurance, and there are two meds which I need to be on which

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment @36Going to throw out there that a job that's that shitty is maybe not worth having, unless you're getting something from it.  Maybe you find it way more fulfilling than it sounds like, or the extra money is worth it, I can't tell

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment I will say that before the covid I did have a dish washing job at a local school but I soon found out that they wouldn't promote me on the fact of having no eye balls. Also I was making less than ssi only 696 a month. But if I did manage to get

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment he is smart with some things, and very scary wrong about others. And unfortunately, I think I possess the same trait, as proven above. I need to learn to do more research. I always dreaded those projects in school and college. He is also very

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment he is smart with some things, and very scary wrong about others. And unfortunately, I think I possess the same trait, as proven above. I need to learn to do more research. I always dreaded those projects in school and college. He is also very

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment he is smart with some things, and very scary wrong on others. And unfortunately, I think I possess the same trait, as proven above. I need to learn to do more research. I walys dreaded those projects in school and college. URL: https

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment Probably means he's, shall we say, uninformed and staunch with his views? URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/610718/#p610718 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment 31, what did you mean by that? URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/610676/#p610676 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment LOL I feel you there man. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/610620/#p610620 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment that would be my dad, which is why it makes perfect sense. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/610613/#p610613 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment Both of my almost totally blind parents worked for the IRS, along with several blind colleagues.  I also know screen reader users who work at the  Bureau of land management and NASA.Actually Zarvox, your info is completely opposite of the truth

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment Both of my almost totally blind parents worked for the IRS, along with several blind colleagues.  I also know screen reader users who work at the  Bureau of land management and NASA.Actually Zarvox, your info is completely opposite of the truth

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment 25, for a simple reason. If you develop additional disabilities or medical issues that make it impossible for you to do what you were doing before, then that makes sense. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/610520/#p610520

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment there are in theory some accessible cash registers, they are sold by a specialty site though and as I recall they were over $100 a piece. They were also old, like from the 90's type old. Modern cash registers are a lot more advanced. Still

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment Generally they are not accessible, though there have been one off things that were accessible. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/610442/#p610442 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment sorry for slightly derailing the topic but I have to ask, its slightly related so...are cash registers accessible? i mean if your a blind College student you could work as a cashier or something... URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/610431

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment True, my point is you have to make money to get on SSDI, and at that point why bother? URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/610430/#p610430 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment 23,  that is affected by both your age as well as the amount of money you made. For example, if you worked 5 years and made 200 k a year, your check would be more than say, if you made about 20. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/610421

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment 20, That is not true. I know of a blind guy who worked for the national park service, and I know several who have worked for the U.S. federal government.16, in order to get SSDI, you need five years work experience. Even then, I just managed

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment @20As far as I know, you can work in government in the U.S. if you want.  Not all jobs of course, but nothing stops you if you're qualified.  You won't be able to work in the parts of government that require that you be able-bodied because e.g

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment 19, for me, work would be primarily making a difference and getting a good and respectable pay check. But if work offered shitty pay, I wouldn't feel like I had to work just for the sake of it. 20, that is incorrect. You could apply for any

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment @16 the United States doesn't allow people with disabilities to have federal or government jobs. So that is another limiting factor.@19 For me, both of them are just as equally important. I don't mind volunteering or hanging out with people

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment @16 the United States doesn't allow people with disabilities to have federal or government jobs. So that is another limiting factor.@19 For me, both of them are just as equally important. I don't mind volunteering or hanging out with people

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment I think what's being overlooked is the human experience facet of this discussion. People generally look for ways to be fulfilled. Employment isn't the only way to achieve this, but it's one of the most common. When I talk about blind folks

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment 17, I wasn't aware the situation was  that bad. But personally faced with a situation where I have disability versus a 14 hour job that pays like 2-3 dollars an hour, or even minimum wage, and physically destroys me, I would opt

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment @16I don't think anyone here or even in general is saying that blind people want to be unemployed.  But you're really missing the point.  "This job is worse than benefits" is a problem that most unemployed blind people would love t

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment OK so here is the issue.Many people seem to disagree with me about this, but I don't think most blind people want to be unemployed.  The reason why some people would take benefits like SSDI over work is  is simple. Transportation and taxes

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment I will just chime in to say a few things.First, if you end up at home on benefits or whatever and you're still doing something of value, that's fine.  We're quickly rocketing toward a world in which even things like artists and musicians can

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment I feel like some English degree stuff might be open to us as well E.G. technical writer, editor, etc. This is assuming that you put in the work to get good at stuff that most blind people aren't (spelling). URL: https://forum.audiogames.net

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment Sometimes blindness can be an advantage, for instance as an accessibility tester or a blindness instructor or a disability education trainer in human resources.It can really suck though, particularly if you aim for jobs that are going to take

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment I wouldn't mind working in retale or casual dining. But tech support, no. I might take an office job, but I would like something more social and on my feet. It's not enough for long term, but it's a start. And I will take a start that is decent

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment I wouldn't mind working in retale or casual dining. But tech support, no. I might take an office job, but I would like something more social and on my feet. It's not enough for long term, but it's a start. And I will take a start that is decent

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment Well, blindness definitely effects your position. However that doesn't mean there aren't good jobs. I have a blind friend that just started working for a computer security company here and he's very happy with it. Thing is, you definitely won't

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment Often times, employment opportunities for the blind come in the form of manual/factory work housed by nonprofits for the blind. These are your lighthouses and other similar organizations. That is to say, a decent percentage of blind folks

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment Most of what I wanted to say has been already said. Still, I have something left: a good way of getting employment, at least for me, was working in teams with my colleagues when I was a student. Basically, one of mmy ex-team mates showed

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment Hmm, down here alot of blind folks tend to work in the banking sector/clerical work. I know a blind lady who works as the secretary at the local credit union and all she has was jaws. And that's the story for alot of them. Others work

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment Really shouldn't be reading shit like this, because it only increases my own anxiety. I can't code anything more involved than a thing that lets you manipulate variables in certain ways in a terminal window in Python. Can't get myself to rely

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment I have heard how hard landing a job is for a sighted person, it isn't easy. And I knew about the Lawyer, computer programmer, and massage therapist thing, and none of those are for me. Like I know, beggers can't be choosers, but let's add

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment I think this is a good topic. I know time and time again, we hear, or at least I do, about the blind person who is doing this and that, and how successful they might be. And these stories are motivating, to a point. And then you dig a little

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment It sucks. Some people have had success getting into programming, and if that is your thing, great. I had to jump through extra hoops in college to get my bachelor's in education, and I spent several years after graduation looking for a job

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment Long story short, blind people without qualifications, whatever they might be, are simply helpless creatures that sadly but truly are not worth anything to society. With qualification I mean even a computer course that teaches you how to use

Re: how much does blindness effect employment

Re: how much does blindness effect employment Pretty much, blindness eliminates 95% or more of low skill jobs, and more than 85-90% of others, and provides a disadvantage to some extent in all the remaining. College will improve your chances, but will never erase the blind disadvantage. I