: Can I be a designer if I have Parkinson's Disease or mobility impairments? I know there is software (like SteadyMouse) and hardware (like big key keyboards, mouse adapters, mouse pedals, and

@RJPawlick971

'Design' is a huge, broad concept and field of work. Since you're asking on Graphic Design, let's assume you're primary focused on that world. But even that is still rather large.

As Scott points out, much of design is about thinking. Strategic brainstorming, ideation, that kind of thing. I imagine you could do a lot with a white board and markers, for example. Some particular areas where that is a typical process would be in the world of User Experience Design, where you're more about designing an experience rather than a very specific visual element. There's lot of sketching in that world, but not necessarily a requirement of fine-detail level work.

And there are even some areas at a detail level where you still may not need to deal with a mouse. For instance, a skilled UI designer can often do a majority of their work right in HTML, CSS and JS. So your design tool becomes a keyboard rather than a fine-tipped pen.

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@Pierce403

It is possible, however slightly more tedious I'd imagine. I used to work with a wacom tablet, but these days it is all mouse work, so it really depends on the type of work you are doing.

Most of my design work these days is corporate (print and banner ads, emails, signage) and not much more than cutting & pasting text and images, using my design knowledge/talent to arrange them. If you can find a job that doesn't rely on you illustrating, then it is surely do-able.

I have a Microsoft Sidewinder X8 mouse which, as a gaming mouse, has buttons on top to adjust the sensitivity on the fly. (I guess it was designed for people who play shooting games and wanted to quickly toggle their sniping accuracy) This might be useful if you need to get pixel-perfect with anything like selecting pixels in Photoshop.

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