Also called: Tactile Graphics Specialist, Braille Graphics Designer
Turns maps, charts, diagrams and science pictures into raised-line images that blind students can read with their fingers.
He takes a biology textbook's drawing of a cell, simplifies it, and redraws it with a different texture for each part. He prints it on swell paper that puffs up under heat, checks it by touch with his eyes closed, and adds braille labels.
Estimate; school districts, braille producers and state agencies.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 1 year after high school. No set degree; training through braille producers and specialist courses; braille certification and design skills help.
Ways in: On-the-job training, Certification, Self-taught. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Graphic Design, Special Education, Art.
Growing about average. Steady need under disability education laws.
Medium risk for 10 years. Software is starting to auto-convert simple images to tactile form; complex science and math graphics still need human judgment.
Classes: Art or graphic design, Biology, Geometry.
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