Learning the Skill of Self-Advocacy: Meet PACER Center’s Transition and Employment Specialist Erika Theiler (Transcript Provided)

Learning the Skill of Self-Advocacy: Meet PACER Center's Transition and Employment Specialist Erika Theiler Full Transcript Below PACER Center - Champions for Children with Disabilities: A Visit with National Parents Center on Transition and Employment Specialist Erika Theiler In partnership with State Services for the Blind of Minnesota we are proud to present, PACER Center - Champions for Children with Disabilities: A Visit with National...

Aira Workshop on Employment, Education, and Aira as a Reasonable Accommodation. Seeing AI Developer Joins the AI Team at Aira! (Transcript Provided)

Aira Workshop on Employment, Education, and Aira as a Reasonable Accommodation. Seeing AI Developer Joins the AI Team at Aira! Full Transcript Below Blind Abilities continues its coverage of the NFB 2018 National Convention from Orlando Florida with this presentation of the Aira workshop on the subject of education, students and employment. Aira team members, Michael Hingson and Patrick Lane present a detailed discussion of how the Aira service...

Job Insights #8: The Job Interview – Get Prepped, You’re Going In! (Transcript Provided)

Job Insights #8: The Job Interview – Get Prepped, You’re Going In! Full Transcript Below Welcome to Episode 8 of  Job Insights with Serina Gilbert and Jeff Thompson. We focus on Employment, Careers, enhancing opportunities and bringing you  the latest innovations from across the Vocational  Rehabilitation field to ensure your choices lead you down the career pathway that you want and succeed in gainful employment. From getting started...

Job Insights Extra: Gaining Skills and Confidence, Getting the Job You Want and Aira as a Reasonable Accommodation – Meet Lori Thompson (Transcription Provided)

Job Insights Extra: Gaining Skills and Confidence, Getting the Job You Want and Aira as a Reasonable Accommodation – Meet Lori Thompson   Full Transcript Below   Welcome to a Job Insights Extra with Serina Gilbert and Jeff Thompson. We focus on Employment, Careers, enhancing opportunities and bringing you the latest innovations from across the Vocational  Rehabilitation field to ensure your choices lead you down the career pathway...

Peter Walters – A Nuclear Scientist and Venture Capitalist: His Journey from Education to Employment #NFB18

Peter Walters - A Nuclear Scientist and Venture Capitalist: His Journey from Education to Employment #NFB18             Blind Abilities continues their coverage of the NFB National  Convention, 2018 from Orlando, Florida, brought to you by Aira. In this short podcast, Jeff Thompson catches up with Peter Walters in the hotel coffee shop. Peter has a phD in Nuclear Physics and speaks about his journey through vision loss, his education...

TVI Toolbox Presents: Science, Technology, Engineering and Math: Carving His Pathway Towards Success, Meet Simon Bonenfant (Transcript Provided)

 Science, Technology, Engineering and Math: Carving His Pathway Towards Success, Meet Simon Bonenfant   Full Transcript Below Blind Abilities presents the TVI Toolbox. Where the collaboration between Teachers, Counselors, Parents, Agencies and the Students themselves help enhance the opportunities for success. Transitioning from high school to college and the workplace is a major step and the beginning of lifetime goals and aspirations. As...

JobInsights 7: The Job Hunt – Resources, Resumes and Strategies Transcription Provided)

JobInsights 7: The Job Hunt – Resources, Resumes and Strategies   Full Transcript Below   Welcome to Episode 7 of Job Insights with Serina Gilbert and Jeff Thompson. We focus on Employment, Careers, enhancing opportunities and bringing you the latest innovations from across the Vocational  Rehabilitation field to ensure your choices lead you down the career pathway that you want and succeed in gainful employment. From getting...

Meet Kristen Steele: Advocate, Massage Therapist, Aira Explorer and Braille Enthusiast #NFB18 (Transcript Provided)

Meet Kristen Steele: Advocate, Massage Therapist, Aira Explorer and Braille Enthusiast #NFB18   Kristen Steele is a Massage Therapist, an Aira Explorer and an advocate who believes in fighting for what she wants and making sure others benefit as well in the long run. Her experiences are readily available as she shares her journey through gaining employment, advocating for accommodations and giving us a glimpse into the accessible tools she...

Job Insights #6: What Does Humor, Self-Advocacy and Feeling Got to Do with Mental Health Strategies? Meet Beth Gustin, licensed Professional Counselor (Transcript Provided)

Job Insights #6: What Does Humor, Self-Advocacy and Feeling Got to Do with Mental Health Strategies? Meet Beth Gustin, licensed Professional Counselor   Full Transcript Below On Job Insights Episode #6, Serina Gilbert and Jeff Thompson are joined by Beth Gustin, LPC. Beth has years of experience in which she shares with us in this discussion on Mental Health and offers us some strategies in dealing with the anxieties and stresses during the...

Ways to Type on iOS, or, How Many Ways to Tell a Friend Not to Talk to You, Especially at 4 AM! Blog Post by Jessica Hodges

Ways to Type on iOS, or, How Many Ways to Tell a Friend Not to Talk to You, Especially at 4 AM! A Blog Post by Jessica Hodges Bzzzzzzzzz! Ding!   Groaning, I roll over. Finding my phone in a tangle of bedclothes, I swipe clumsy fingers across my screen. A friend sent me a novel via text. Ordinarily, I love reading these. Right now, it’s four in the morning, and I’m in the middle of finals week, so I’d only gotten to bed two hours...