Depends on the company, and possibly the industry. I was not thinking of any particular type of company. The publishing field might very well be more open to intelligent hiring than most.
Unfortunately I have come to believe that prejudice, greed, and power lust, are more important to most managers than the good of the company or even their own success. I'm sure everyone on this board can provide at least one example.
Being a published author would make you more desirable across the board to all. Those who have no bias will see you as an even greater asset. Those who are biased would see you as a way to prove they are not.
This is an excellent attitude.
I frequent writer's forums. There is no major best selling writer that has not been bashed as ignorant and incompetent.
I knew a hearing, sighted woman, who wanted to write for publication. When I pointed to a line and told her it was ambiguous and I did not understand it she explained it to me. When I told her she should adjust the line so it said exactly what she meant she informed me that it did not need to be adjusted because it was written for people smart enough to understand what she was saying just the way it was.
Editors seldom mince words and they don't waste time petting the writer's ego.
She is not ready for what she will meet from an editor.
You are. I applaud you. 
I love writing also, even rewrites and editing. But even so I sometimes find myself sympathizing with Oscar Wilde, who said he spent a morning putting in a comma, and the afternoon taking it out again.
Writing consists of making decisions. What comes next? How do I phrase it? Is that the exact word I need? When I write a series of three or more items separated by commas do put a comma after the last item or not? (I do, by the way). Did I accidently use alliteration in that paragraph? Does it distract from what I wrote?
It may be fun, but some of those decisions are time consuming and not always easy to make.
This technique has worked for some writers in the past, but not all.
You can also query major publishing houses to see if they would be interested in the subject. It would help to have a completed first couple of chapters, a middle chapter, and a last chapter to show them in case they want to see samples of your work.
Most writers go the the library and use Writer's Market to find publishers. Unfortunately I've never heard of a braille version.
