Careers for people with bad hands/wrists.

Wow! Sorry to hear that. I am glad you have a long term plan just in case. I know a couple of ladies at work that got carpal tunnel. They had operations, and seem to be good as new. I guess with the advancements in medicine, the results are much better than they were, say 20 or 30 years ago. So don't worry too much.

You seem really young to have those ailments. Does it run in your family? On another note, my dog has arthritis, and they predicted she should have been crippled her by now. I started giving her glucosomin/chondroitin and she is moving around like a pup! She can even still jump up on the bed. It was originally invented for animals, but also benefits humans. It is not very expensive either. I actually give my dog Lulu human pills, since they are cheaper than the dog pills. The vet said that it is perfectly fine to do so. Anyway, give it a try.

 

Oops! I just realized the word "crippled" is considered offensive. I should have used the term handicapped or physically disabled. Sorry about that.

 

I'm not sure about the U.S. but interpreting in court cases can be a pretty good gig here (Canada). I've known language teachers who have also qualified as court/government interpreters and do both jobs - one or both on a part-time basis.

Don't sell yourself short, Maniac. You may be CIA material after all. :smile: How about FBI?

Seriously, I wish you well.

J.

 

In my area we have a large migrant population, many of them very wealthy. I would say it would be profitable to do something in ESL as a tutor etc with the right cliental.

 

I love this thread. We should have more threads like this!

 

A friend of mine is employed doing real-time telephone translation for AT&T's USA Direct service, which offers a variety of translation services (including simultaneous translation) in over 150 languages. He says he earns good money, and works from home with only a headset and microphone, and gets all the work he can handle.

 

oh please.

We should have threads about careers, professions, and degrees that are a good fit for people with limitations in one way or another.
For instance, all of my sons are color blind. Because of that, there are some careers that they'll be excluded from considering- we haven't investigated them, but I know from casual research that they exist. Another example might be someone confined to a wheelchair, or someone that is blind.

I think people who become limited later, and have to reinvent a career, would benefit from this kind of discussion (as opposed to the political correctness banter that this thread is morphing into)

 

This may sounds stupid, but I have never known anybody who is color blind. How can someone like that tell when a there is a red light, for example? I am guessing they figure it out/learn after being told the order of slow, stop and go lights? In what other ways does it affecting them from working? That would blow my mind.

 

Now that I think about it, one of the jobs that required the least amount of writing and typing was being a college instructor. I did type up quizzes and exams, but you can either use test banks or text-to-speech software.

I was checked for color blindness for a security job, and I think I was checked for a law enforcement or corrections job.

 

I guess what is was asking is, what is typical day like for someone who is color blind? I imagine it must be very frustrating. I can't imagine what it would be like not to be able to see colors.

 

Well, red is on top. :lmao:

My dad is color blind, which is how they inherited it. My color vision is perfect, it's exceptionally rare for a female to be red/green color blind, but in almost every case they are carriers.

There are shades of red that they all see perfectly, same with green. When the colors are darker, in general, they can't tell the difference- especially if they are next to each other. Frequently they call red/green brown or dark gray. (Edit to add: when my oldest was little, and we learned this, all of a sudden it made sense why it took him forever to learn his colors. After that, we just use bright easily identifiable colors - like red is apple red, not brick red. Green is grass-green, not olive green) Honestly, it's not a huge issue, however, there are professions that exclude people with this issue- I think the Air Force won't let you in.... it's not something that we've looked at since so far everything they've wanted to do HAS been an option.

 

my bad lol.

 

We were sort of joking about the CIA and FBI needing translators/interpreters ... then I thought about the NSA. Surely they need people to translate all the stuff they've um...done surveillance on for security purposes? :smile:

With that in mind, I found this article on Translating for the Intelligence Community. Just a thought, Maniac. :smile:

http://www.languagerealm.com/articles/translating_intelligence.php

J.

 

A quote from the above article:

"The National Virtual Translation Center (NVTC) is constantly recruiting for contract linguists, what we would call freelance translators."

Much more in there -info and ideas. And that's only one article; there are enough write-ups on translating in the government / intelligence field to keep anyone busy for quite a while. I imagine DEA needs translators, too.

¡Buena suerte, Maníaco! :smile:

J.

 

That's interesting. They are lucky to have such a good mom like you to guide them along. In a strange way, I can kind of relate to them. My brain doesn't produce as much serotonin like most people. As a result, I have dealt with severe major depressive disorder my whole life. When I have really bad episodes, it's as if I see the world in shades of gray. It's like I see clouds, even on sunny days. That is the best I can describe it. I have learned to make the best of it. Some people have it a lot worst, like being in a wheel chair, or dealing with things like cancer. It kind of puts things in perspective for me.

 

FWIW, handicapped is also considered offensive in these days of P.C.

By the way, on the color blindness issue, one profession that disqualifies people on the basis of color blindness is trucking. A red-yellow-green test is a standard (and required) part of a D.O.T. physical exam.

You'd think, perhaps, that it shouldn't be a disqualifier. After all, traffic lights have the same order of the three colors. But when you consider, say, single flashing lights which might be red or yellow, the disqualification makes sense.

 

Steve Levicoff;481373]FWIW, handicapped is also considered offensive in these days of P.C.

Oh boy, talk about putting your in your mouth. I am glad you told me. I honestly had no idea. I guess I have trouble keeping up with what is pc and what is not.

Abner :smile:

P.S. Good to hear from again Dr. Levicoff.