Ph.D. arch. Iris Popescu

Visual Disability Employment Guide

This guide examines potential job opportunities for people with visual disabilities in Romania and outlines measures employers can take to establish an inclusive work environment. These practices are intended to serve as a model that can be applied to other job roles or disabilities. The research identified several accessible jobs, including programmer, human resources specialist, lawyer/legal advisor, content writer, accessibility consultant, teacher, psychologist, call center operator, and broker/financial consultant.

The guide was created through a collaboration between blind and able-bodied individuals with diverse backgrounds and professional experiences, all united by a shared motivation: to shape an inclusive labor market. We hope that our collaborative approach—learning from and supporting each other—will inspire other teams to adopt similar methods in order to identify the most effective inclusive solutions.

The guide is available in Romanian here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1flszJ9IVNeOrVQT50vJVowrMuYRhbNqX/view?usp=sharing

Status: completed

Organisation: AMAIS

Authors: collective work, Iris Popescu, Vlad Odobescu, Andrei Mihail, Andreea Ion, Catalin Nicolaidi

Project team: Ovidiu Cucu – coordinator, Iris Popescu – research coordinator, Vlad Odobescu – editor, Sînziana Boaru Gîrjob – communication & PR, Andrei Mihail – research and focus groups, Antoaneta Barbu – quantitative research, Alex Cucu – digital accessibility, Vlad Giogu – graphic design and illustration, Angela Oprescu – team support, Alina Ionescu & Antonia Groza – spelling check

Financed by: ING Tech Romania

Duration: Jan. 2020- May 2021

More information: https://ghid.amais.ro/

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