I've been legally blind all my life but only in the last few years has it gotten to a point of being Very Bad :tm: . I am in my 20s and otherwise am able to work just fine. I've worked in kitchens, done procurement, worked in the public sector.. but I find myself unemployed and unemploy-able because checks notes

• Companies hyper-fixate on a driver's license requirement

• Hiring managers make up excuses as to why I need to drive for a 100% in-office type of job (think social media marketing).

• They hire me, and don't like that I use a high contrast monitor

Recently I was offered a training course in talent acquisition and I'm thrilled at the possibility of getting into the field.. but realistically who the fuck will hire me? Is it a job that can be done remotely? I have never done HR-type work aside from maybe running a report on how many hours employees worked to qualify for benefits, and that was when I had much better vision.

If anything, all I require is a screen reader and the ability to use a high contrast monitor to not burn what little power my retinas have left.. and the screen-reader is typically in situations where print is smol and I cant scale it. From a utilitarian "Can FreneticAlan do the job?" I would strongly say "Given training, yes."

I speak three foreign languages, probably enough to get a cost differential ($3 gets employers the Fluency Package).