Scholarships and Mentoring to Empower Students Who are Legally Blind: Apply by April 30, 2024
Students who are legally blind can connect with professional mentors who are blind as well as with peers and receive financial support to pursue post-high school education through the Team See Possibilities (TSP) scholarship program. TSP provides up to $5,000 to each scholar. To be eligible for the award, applicants must be graduating high school [...]
National Rehabilitation Counselors Appreciation Day: March 22, 2024
National Rehabilitation Counselors Appreciation Day, on March 22, 2024, serves to recognize the work and dedication of rehabilitation counselors throughout the year. Rehabilitation counselors, also known as vocational rehabilitation counselors, play a vital role in helping people with vision loss and other disabilities to attain their goals, personally and professionally. Vocational rehabilitation counselors work with [...]
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March is Social Work Month: The Role of Social Workers Serving Clients with Visual Impairment
Each year, in March, National Social Work Month celebrates the importance and contributions of social workers in addressing issues facing the nation. The theme for 2024 is “Empowering Social Workers,” focusing on ways “Americans can support the social work profession,” including recognizing “the need for more mental health services providers.” This need is particularly relevant [...]
Free Training Course for Social Workers Interacting with Older Adults Experiencing Vision Loss
A free, self-paced online video/recorded training course for social workers is now available from the OAB-TAC (Older Individuals Who Are Blind Technical Assistance Center) of the Mississippi State University National Research and Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision (NRTC). Titled “Practical Information for Social Workers New to Interacting with Older Adults Experiencing Vision Loss,” [...]
Building Local Partnerships to Hire and Retain Skilled Workers with Disabilities: A Webinar on March 20, 2024
“People with disabilities represent a major source of talent in the United States.” For employers, hiring skilled workers with disabilities expands the pool of talent and boosts retention and productivity. This webinar will be held on March 20, 2024 from 2 to 3:30 pm ET. It explores how to recruit and hire candidates from this [...]
Webinar to Address Emerging Eye Health Issues in Young Children: March 28, 2024
On March 28, 2024, from 2 to 3 pm ET, this webinar will concentrate on “how understanding and addressing emerging vision and eye health issues can help young children have their best possible vision.” Participants will learn about how vision conditions, such as myopia (or nearsightedness) can impact children’s learning and development as well as [...]
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“Creating Accessible Environments for the Blind and Visually Impaired:” A Webinar on Using Talking Signage App: April 10, 2024
“What if signs could talk?” This is at the core of the work of RightHear, whose products provide people who are blind and visually impaired with access to “talking signage,” making it possible for everyone to “interpret and understand their surroundings in real time.” Their app, available free of charge, provides users with audio descriptions [...]
New Online Workshops on Living with Macular Degeneration, Glaucoma, and Diabetic Retinopathy
Adding to its catalog of free programs for people with a visual impairment, Hadley has recently launched three new workshops: Living with Macular Degeneration, Living with Glaucoma, and Living with Diabetic Retinopathy. In addition to providing basic information about each eye condition, these offerings include suggestions and links to the Hadley content most likely to [...]
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