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What jobs can a blind Graduate student do?

I have a cousin who is blind and is a Graduate in Humanities. What sort of job, related to humanities or not, can he do?

Public Comments

1. Walk Dogs....................
2. Almost any job he would want to do within the field, his only limits are the ones he places on himself. He could teach for one thing. A person does not need eyes to teach others.
3. i used to record texts onto tape for a blind prof at a university (he had an English PhD) so I think your cousin may have options there. the only real limit nowadays in the workplace and the environment and how easy it is for him to physically manoeuvre around these areas. if he's in India this is a lot more difficult than Japan or a Western nation because there are not many facilities but the options otherwise are limitless. also, my friends husband has a degenerative eye disease, it was already getting bad during his BA but he decided to become a lawyer, reading the texts in braille, and now he's a lawyer. good luck to your cousin!
4. Teaching. Research. Applied work in the field (e.g. sociology). I am a graduate student in history/sociology. I've already taught at college and high school level, in history, special ed, and technical writing. I've done extensive public policy research, including under an NSF grant. Tell your friend to check out "disability studies"--this is an emerging field that is highly interdisciplinary and offers opportunities for academic work in any field within social science and the humanities. If the feild is language/literature, check out Rosmarie Garland-Thompson--she is a leading Disability Studies Scholar teaching at a top-tier university and is herself disabled. Also historian Catherine Kudlick--who is blind. That's very general--but I'd need to know what specific discipline your friend is in to tell you any more.
5. You'll have to be a bit more specific. Is he/she involved with the Disabled Students programs at his/her university? What kinds of jobs is he/she considering? You might have your cousin go to eSight.org, which is an organization for people with all kinds of disabilities, there are possible jobs there that he/she may apply for as well as other resources. I think if your cousin has achieved a Master's degree he/she is probably capable of looking for work himself/herself but it's nice of you to be concerned.
6. Not much (related to the humanities) actually. Best to get a doctorate. A graduate degree provides pretty limited options besides teaching even if you can see. And to teach most humanities courses you need a doctorate. Didn't he consider this before he pursued his degree?
7. Schools offer services and employment offers to special needs students. There is also the Association for the blind that may be able to answer your answer better.
8. You can do whatever you feel comforable doing, its not about thinking you can't do something. My cousin is blind, and she is a human resources specialist, we are all able, open your mind!
9. I know where I work there's a need for blind people to check on disability access to public documents. Because of the ADA, governments across the nation will have to have their documents accessible via the internet using differing readers. Your cousin might want to investigate something of that sort.
10. Any job he can do. He can not do any if he is waiting for yahoo answer or your advice. Get off your backside and do research, dont be limited by your handicap.