What suggestions can anyone give,about becoming a lawyer,who is visually impaired.?
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My aunt had a friend in law school who was visually impaired.  She went to work for a civil rights group, of course.\n\nYou can take your bar and practice law, you can take it or not and work in consulting, you can take it or not and teach.  Either way you could do wonders with doing low pay or pro bono work for civil rights and discrimination cases.\n\nI plan to work for a non-profit group and maybe for DSS helping protect the Innocent and prosecute the deserving.  (Yeah, at least I am going to try my darnedest)\n\nYour being visually impaired is really not a factor in your possible career choices.  Choose whatever you want to do.
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Here is the link for the Lion's club http://www.lionsclubs.org/EN/content/about_index.shtml\nOn the home page, go to VISION PROGRAMS.\n\nCall the St. Vincent de Paul society at your nearest Catholic Church. Not all of them are helpful, but some are.\n\nI believe that the Vision Works chain has some kind of program. I am not sure. \n\nAsk your caseworker for Medicaid/Medicare to tell you where EXACTLY you can find the rule that they do not help with glasses. You want the publication, page number and paragraph. Sometimes they don't know, sometimes they don't care. I too, am on disability. \n\nCall the Ministerial Associaton for your city. They may know of a source.\n\nI hope one, or a comination of these things helps you.
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These national organizations can get you local help.\n\nLighthouse\n\nNational Federation of the Blind\n\nAmerican Foundation for the Blind
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Try the veterans with disabilities organization. That is great. I believe we should all the "ability" in disability. I salute you!
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A good first step would be learning to spell and punctuate and/or proofreading your questions before submitting them.  This is becuase being a lawyer entails tons of detail-oriented work.  Then, after your graduate from university (and if you are in the United States), take your LSAT exam.  Upon getting your LSAT scores, apply to law school (applications will require recommendations from professors, essays, transcripts from your undergraduate degree, etc.).  After 3 years of law school, you will have to take the bar exam in the state in which you wish to practice law.  Once you pass the bar, you are admitted to practice law in that state.  You will be a lawyer.
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try legal aid or your county bar assn. may have a program available. Best Wishes with it.
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I would contact your ophthamologist or The Lions Club, one of them should be able to direct you to a support groups to meet your needs.  My grampa used to volunteer with the Lions in the Lillian/ Elberta, AL area doing that kind of thing so it sound be the same in Pensacola.  However, if neither of those turn up anything contact a school for the deaf and blind they will usually have support groups affliated with them.
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Legally blind does not mean you cannot see at all. There are many people who are legally blind, but they just tend to have really thick bifocals. My mom is legally blind and she just has certain limitations, such as not driving at night, etc.
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Here are some websites.  The first one is the material I am most familiar with.  It has lots of information about programming for those who are visually impaired.\n\nI hope this helps.
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contact your local bar association tell them what you are looking for. they will connect you with what you need
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There are a couple of options.\n\nIf there is a law school near you, see if they have a legal aid clinic.  They will often help with such cases and provide free advice and counsel.\n\nLook for Legal Aid organizations.  Lawyers get brownie points for doing pro bono work with such groups as a community service.  Most larger communities will have something along these lines.
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My best friend is an itinerant teacher for the deaf and hard of hearing.  She had to complete a masters degree after her undergraduate degree and her teaching degree, so she has three degrees.  Her masters is one with a dual focus - visual impairment and hearing impairment, but her primary focus is hearing impairment.  YOu will need to learn ASL, as well as the different theories related to education of the deaf - the "deaf culture" perspective, the "assimilation into hearing society" perspective, the controversies around cochlear implants, and so on.\n\nMany school boards hire teachers for the deaf to travel from school to school spending a half day or a day a week in each school supporting classroom teachers and special education teachers who work with kids with hearing impairment (which is what my friend does). These "itinerant" teachers also work some of the time with the kids who have hearing impairment.  \n\nThere are still a few residential schools for kids who have severe hearing impairment, but not many anymore. \n\nI have attached a couple of websites that will give you some information about teaching kids who are deaf or hard of hearing.  I hope this helps.  I wish you luck in your career.
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You should look at your states bar association for a list of lawyers.  For example: \nIllinois State Bar Association http://www.illinoisbar.org/\nhas a link to http://www.illinoislawyerfinder.com/\nWhich you can search "Select a Field of Practice = DISABILITY".  \n\nDo the same kind of search or call your local library.  They will know where to look.
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Surely you know the answer to this without asking.  Braille is for blind people and it's the law.
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Check your yellow pages under "Lawyers" and see if there is a Legal Aid Society.  It might be named differently in your area, but it is a group of lawyers that volunteer their time to help people that qualify.
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I have helped people regain sight with a combination of \nglyco and phyto nutrients. you can read up on this on these \nsites. http://www.glycostory.com\nhttp://www.glycoresource.com\nhttp://www.mannapages.com/foryourlife
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http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Schools+to+teach+the+blind&btnG=Google+Search, \n\nhttp://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=colleges+to+teach+the+blind&FORM=MSNH\n\nand might I add that I think you are doing a great job and an unbelieveable service to all...yes to all of us...I admire YOU!