Losing my sight...careers?
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kazmataz
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Hi all,
I'm not used to forums so please bare with me...
Im 27 and due to a brain tumour, I'm losing my sight. I have no focal vision in my left eye and I'm losing my visual field in my right eye, its currently 50% gone. Im currently out of work due various other illnesses linked with the tumour, but am looking for some partime work as the doing nothing is impacting my mental health. I was looking at teaching fabric and paper crafts at special needs schools but now im not sure due to my sight deteriorating. Please can you suggest some careers paths that i could still take that I wont have to stop as i lose my sight? Im very creative and need a job that has variety but not too stressful at the same time. Any suggestions?
I'm not used to forums so please bare with me...
Im 27 and due to a brain tumour, I'm losing my sight. I have no focal vision in my left eye and I'm losing my visual field in my right eye, its currently 50% gone. Im currently out of work due various other illnesses linked with the tumour, but am looking for some partime work as the doing nothing is impacting my mental health. I was looking at teaching fabric and paper crafts at special needs schools but now im not sure due to my sight deteriorating. Please can you suggest some careers paths that i could still take that I wont have to stop as i lose my sight? Im very creative and need a job that has variety but not too stressful at the same time. Any suggestions?
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Hi @kazmataz
A very big welcome to you to our website and online community.
I do hope that we can offer you both support and help with this ???
I have attached a link below which I do hope will hopefully help you ???
https://www.scope.org.uk/support/families/diagnosis/visual
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Hi @kazmataz,
A belated welcome to the community! You might like to chat to @Myblurredworld, who's recently blogged about her own experiences in the world of work. You can also read her guest blog here: https://community.scope.org.uk/discussion/36311/working-as-a-vision-impaired-person.
Hope this helps!
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