Types of Jobs for People with Disabilities

People with disabilities have the right to be employed just like those who are not disabled. There are laws that ensure that people with disabilities are not discriminated against and receive the same job opportunities as everyone else. Some of these jobs include being a licensed barber, working for retail stores, clerical office positions and working as a youth counselor.

Having A Disability

A disabled person is anyone who has been legally declared or defined with a medical impairment. The medical impairment is long term for those who have been declared disabled and alters the types of activities that can be done by the person on a day-to-day basis. A disabled person can be defined as disabled for different medical reasons. Some of the medical reasons include hearing and seeing impairment, mobility impairment, memory loss, impairment in the ability to concentrate, epilepsy, or severe disfigurement.

Employment for Blind People

Those who are full or partially blind can still work despite their disability. Blind people can have jobs, such as a barber, that most would feel require them to have full eyesight. However, blind people use their ability to feel and hear rather than see when working. Other jobs for blind individuals include musically inclined positions or customer service positions over the phone. The training blind people receive to adapt with their disability teaches them how to adapt in the workforce as well.

Mobility Impairment

Someone who uses a wheelchair may be considered disabled, but there are various jobs do not require any standing. Such jobs include office assistants, accounting clerks, university enrollment counselors and switchboard operators. These positions have employees confined to their desks for the majority of the work day using the computer. It is illegal for an employer to refuse to hire an applicant based on their having a disability.

People with Down Syndrome

Individuals with Down syndrome are considered by law to be disabled. Some retail stores are known for not discriminating and giving these indviduals a chance for employment. For example, people with Down syndrome may work in a retail grocery store as baggers. The job includes bagging customer's groceries and retrieving grocery carts from the parking lot.

Disabled Veterans

Some disabled veterans have fought in the war and can work as counselors, mentors and motivational speakers or recruiters for soldiers. Aside from soldiers, disabled veterans can work in schools or private programs for youths. Disabled veterans can provide a different outlook on life than others who have studied and read motivational books cannot because they have lived the reality of being held captive, fighting in a real war outside of neighborhood gangs or survived the worse-scenario outcomes.

References

• Disabled Hiring Programs
• What Kind of Jobs Can Blind People Do?