Where The Blind Work

          What kind of work are blind people doing? How do they do it? Why can and should you hire a blind person?

          Blind people are working in a wide variety of jobs doing work that people thought, and some still do, required sight, but actually doesn't. There are a wide range of alternative techniques blind peole use at work and elsewhere to do what others do with sight. Here, by example, you'll see what kind of work blind people are doing and why you can and should hire the qualified blind aplicant.

Given proper training and opportunity, the average blind person can do the average job in the average place of business, and do it as well as his sighted neighbor.

• Blind From Birth, Reporter Is Undaunted.
• Blind And In Show Business? The Actor Says Yes!
• An Employee Shares His Special View.
• Tom Ley Plus N.F.B. Skills And Confidence Equal Capable And Confident High School Math Teacher.
• Blind Professor Receives Macarthur Award.
• Blind Teacher Keeps His Vision.
• Here's Looking At You, Kids: Blind Teacher Shows Students A New Way To See The World.
• A Blind Teacher On The Job.
• Education With Vision.
• Civic Activist: Boulder County Commissioner Homer Page.

And just to show that blind people can be as good, or bad, as anyone else.
• Blind Bob The Bank Robber.

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