Completely agree with Vaibhav, a lot of the main-stream counselors do not have idea about the various fields where a visually impaired person can work. Happy to discuss over a call, I work as a senior consultant in one of the big-4 firms.
Cheers, Ajay On 09/05/2022, Vaibhav Saraf <vaibhav.s....@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Apurwa, > > I had no plans to reply to this post as others have better expertise and > experience over the matter. But I thought I should reply to a point. > > I would encourage you to go to a counsellor as you had already in mind for > positivity. > > But in my view please don't limit him to a career advise given by some > counsellor who might have a narrow view himself/herself. For instance a > counsellor might probably give you 4-5 fields to stay in as other VI are > comfortable there, but you never know if any is a good fit or choice for > him. Today almost all the fields except defense are accessible for the > blind and VI in some way or the other. > > Look at this list itself: > I am an IT Consultant and developer. > Some are managers in different fields. > Some are in different consulting positions. > Various bank positions. > Teachers. > Assistive tech trainers. > Human Resources. > Digital Marketing. > Social entrepreneurship. > > That covers a whole good type of jobs and I am not covering everything yet. > > Apart from that I am a budding archer too and I compete alongside fully > sighted archers in competitions and train with them. A South Korean archer > who has 2 Olympics gold medals under his belt is VI too. > > There is almost no limit to what you can opt for a career, and I believe > most counsellors might not be able to tell you that if you ask this > particular question. > > Thanks, > Vaibhav > > > > > > > > On Sun, 8 May 2022 at 21:06, APURWA SABDE <apurwa.sa...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Thanks for your response. >> I Actually need a counsellor cum mentor who could guide my brother in his >> career. He needs to know all the possible post graduate degrees he can >> get >> into or sustainable career options such that his life gets purpose. >> >> Thanks in Advance. >> >> On Sat, May 7, 2022, 7:14 PM 'Saravanan K' via AccessIndia < >> accessindia@accessindia.org.in> wrote: >> >>> Dear apoorva, >>> >>> Myself also affected by RP. And, I lost my vision. >>> Initially, I felt somewhat upset. >>> Finally we should accept the originality. >>> You or me is not the first one to get into darkness. >>> Already, many of us passed on the path. >>> Now, there are many accessibility devises to support us. >>> It is initially difficult to step up. >>> But, you can get yourself customized to it. >>> You can lead your life safe, smooth & silently. >>> Your life is a God gifted one. >>> You should not treat it as a burden. >>> With a basic work around, you can lead a happy life. >>> >>> Don't be surrounded with negative thoughts. >>> Never worried of anything. >>> Always be positive. >>> Nature is welcoming you. >>> You are the only & one hero of your life. >>> Be happy & be happy for ever. >>> If you want more clarification, keep in touch with me. >>> >>> Regards. >>> Saravanan.K >>> +91 9916512402 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 5/7/22, Ritesh Agarwal <ritesha...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > Dear Apurwa, >>> > >>> > In parallel you should try to connect your brother with other VI >>> > persons >>> > who have achieved success in their life. >>> > I guess there is this type of phase comes in every person who is >>> suffering >>> > from RP and the same had happened with me. >>> > On the basis of my own experience, I guess your brother is anxious >>> > about >>> > his careers, his dreams and all those things that he had thought prior >>> to >>> > his diagnosis and now he might be of the opinion that he could hardly >>> > pursue his dreams because of impairment. >>> > If this is the case, I would suggest you to make him connect and talk >>> to VI >>> > persons who had made their careers in their respective fields. >>> > >>> > Further, I am sharing few of the links to go through which motivates >>> > me >>> in >>> > my low time. 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