Are there any companies willing to hire visually impaired individuals?

Answer 1

They all should, it's the law according to the ADA. The exception is jobs that specifically rely on eyesight to do that job...such as airline pilot, etc. Anything they can't do as a civilian, they can't do professionally.

I don't know who's responsibility it is to provide that person with adaptive equipment in their personal workspace, such as vocal software for their computer, but the building they work at needs to meet certain ADA specifications anyway, and as such it would be the company's responsibility to get that done if it isn't already...talking here about Braille on signs, uncluttered hallways and other traffic patterns, etc.

I think if the person has a lot of talent to bring to the company, it would be a good investment to help that person with vision issues so they could do their best work for you. That is the attitude I would want if it was me anyway, hiring or working. I wouldn't want to treat someone like I had to hire them to meet a quota, or make the adaptations begrudgingly.

You also want to work for a company that has the MEANS to make such changes. You would have better luck with larger more established companies, or corporations or franchises, than in a small mom-and-pop type situation where they can't really afford this stuff and don't deal with it everyday.

Answer 2

I believe there is company called Skillcraft that the government buys a lot of ink pens and other items from that I was always told employed the visually impaired. I have no clue where they are located.