Hey there! I'm back after taking Fourth of July week off from vlogging. Hope everyone celebrating it had a great time.
I've heard lots of people with spina bifida and other chronic health issues say they can't work, don't work because of their health. This is surprising and discouraging. I realize that your ability to work depends on the severity of your health problems, but in many cases, as long as you check with your doctor about what you can and cannot do, you should be able to work at some type of job.
Where can you work?
Home
- I've tutored English as a second language
- I had a typing and design business
- I wrote articles for Spina Bifida Association of America's magazine
- Fitness coach
- Life coach
All from home!
Office in town
Temp agency
- I spent about two years working at various businesses as a temp employee
In a coffee shop
- Take your laptop along and work from there.
At the library
- Take your laptop or Ipad along. Maybe even reserve conference or meeting room there.
At a community center
- You can reserve a meeting room there to hold a workshop or other type of work-related event
At the kitchen table
- I tutor ESL students at my kitchen table!
On the phone
- Telemarketing
- Scheduling
- Life coaching
- Conducting polls and surveys
- Customer service
- Tech support
What can you do? (Hint: Pretty much anything!)
- Writing
- Blogging
- Billing
- Appointment scheduling
- Customer service
- Making crafts to sell on Etsy
- Coaching
- Bookkeeping
- Conducting surveys
- Mystery shopping
- Search engine evaluator
- Researching
- Photo editing
- Copy editing
- Tutoring
- Mentoring
- See if your current boss will allow you to telecommute instead of traveling to the office every day.
- Virtual assistant
- Personal training/fitness coaching
- Tech support
- Quality control
- Social media manager
For more information, contact the following:
- Your state's vocational rehab agency for help
- Your local job service or check out their website for job leads
- Monster.com
- National Telecommuting Institute (www.ntiathome.org/work-at-home-jobs-disabled.shtm
- LandaJob.org
- My Employment Options (https://www.myemploymentoptions.com
- FlexJobs.com: https://www.FlexJobs.com/?sub=1037
- Freelancer.com
- Hubpages.com/eHow.com
A cautionary note:
- Look out for scams: Avoid anything that seems fishy, have your lawyer look over contracts.
- Go with your gut when deciding which organizations you want to work for and jobs you want to do
- Get references before committing to anything
- Be careful when meeting prospective employers, contractors, clients in person. Choose a public place. Bring along a trusted friend or colleague to sit nearby in the park, restaurant or another meeting place of your choice just in case there is trouble and you need help. At least tell someone close to you where you will be meeting this prospective client and when you plan to return.
Are you working? Are you not? What are your thoughts on working/not working with chronic health issues?
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