Disability Employment Workshops

SELF-EMPLOYMENT AND VISION IMPAIRMENT EXAMPLES

Below are outlined examples of just some of the businesses run by people who are vision impaired with whom I have worked.

DISABILITY	BUSINESS
Blind	Braille Transcription and Office Services Catering Services Fundraising Consultancy Immigration Support Services and Advice Importer and Supplier of Collectible Items Judo Instructor Language translator Lawyer Manufacturing and Selling Natural Soaps Cosmetics and Candles Music Teaching Network Marketing Off Licence Online Betting and Gaming Piano Tuning and Restoration Project Management Consultant Providing Information on Access to Public Places, Writing and Publishing detailed Online Text Guides Publisher of Medical Journals Residential Property Owner and Manager Remedial Therapist and Masseur Supplier of Computer and Adaptive Equipment and Trainer in Adaptive Software
Partially Sighted	Builders Merchant Church Minister Community Transport service provider Computer Systems and Services Farmer Journalist Lawyer Market Gardener Online Shop Owner Photographer Project Recruitment Consultant Psychiatric Consultant Remedial Therapist and Masseur Singer and Actor, Drama Teacher and Voice Artist Supplier of Computer Systems and Adaptive Software University Lecturer Woodworker and Cabinet Maker

In all cases I have been closely involved in the process of developing working methods and work strategies which minimize the impact of the individual's disability on their business. This may have required:

finding effective ways of accessing business information;
management of support workers;
broadening the market area of the business so as to improve viability and sustainability;
making better use of networking opportunities;
advising and providing guidance on most appropriate adaptive technology and
securing appropriate Access to Work provision.

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