New career suggestion from the view point of the visually impaired

Has it ever occurred to you those signs above an isle in a store are completely useless to the visually impaired?

Unless you yourself are in this struggle, or know a person who is, your answer is most likely no.

Not all visually impaired people enjoy having to wait for a sighted person to guide them around the store.

Is there a solution?

According to the thoughts of one visually impaired, there just might be.

Her idea would not only give visually challenged shoppers more independence, but new job opportunities.

So, what is this job?

Braille labels have been popular for personal use for years. Notice those signs outside public bathrooms? Those are required. So, why aren’t stores required to label their isles in braille? Perhaps it’s never been thought of?

How would it work?

A braille label doesn’t take up much room at all. It could be simply be attached to a certain part of the shelf, at both ends of the isle. If it worked well enough, maybe were certain product areas in the isle could be labeled as well.

What happens when the store is rearranged?

That would be job security for the visually impaired employee. Yes, they would need visual assistance knowing in what isle to put the labels. However, other employees must be in those isles stocking, or that could be another job creation? Either way, it would benefit a lot of people in the long run.