I always wanted to work with animals and chose my TEE subjects specifically to give me a good chance of getting into Vet Nursing. Bring diagnosed as legally blind just before my 16th birthday put a downer on that and I was told by my career counselor from the Vision Impairment service that working with injured animals when you have limited vision is not a safe idea.
I had a Social Worker from the Association for the Blind who encouraged me to attend career expos. One expo I attended had info on Social Work degrees. I had always had an interest in helping people and been outspoken about Human Rights and I guess I admired my caseworker too. So I made the decision to apply to study Social Work at uni. Winning an accommodation scholarship made my decision easy and I'm now 5 years out of uni and earning the $$$s.
I just work with a different sort of animal to what I originally wanted
