{"id":4941,"date":"2019-05-06T14:19:27","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T19:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=4941"},"modified":"2019-05-10T15:50:20","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T20:50:20","slug":"career-expo-from-homeless-to-training-to-employment-and-working-on-his-degree-meet-bobby-binns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=4941","title":{"rendered":"Career Expo: From Homeless, to Training, to Employment and Working on His Degree \u2013 Meet Bobby Binns"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4098\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4941-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/ExpoBobby.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/ExpoBobby.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/ExpoBobby.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?page_id=4962\">Full Transcript<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Show Summary:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>State Services for the Blind hosted a Career Expo for high school and college students who are blind, low vision, or DeafBlind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/jobinsights-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Image of man with cane and woman with service dog and City Skyline with Job Insights in bold letters.\" class=\"wp-image-4489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/jobinsights-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/jobinsights-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/jobinsights-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/jobinsights.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p> The event took place on Saturday, April 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout the Expo students had the opportunity to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Connect with adults with a vision loss from a variety of professions and careers.<\/li><li>Hear from college representatives about what college is like.<\/li><li>Learn why diversity matters from an employer\u2019s point of view.<\/li><li>Share and learn about assistive technology<\/li><li>Sign up for individual informational and\/or mock interviews.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In this interview, Jeff Thompson caught up with Bobby Binns:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Robert Binns<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Package Handler, Fed Ex Smart Post<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Robert was walking to a college class when he lost his sight in 2012.&nbsp;&nbsp;He fell into a depressed stage, believing that the only thing left for him was channel surfing and listening to television shows. One day he realized that he didn\u2019t want to just sit at home for the next 40 years. He wanted to live. Because he was a new United States citizen, however, Robert had to wait for an extended time before receiving services. He ended up in a homeless shelter. All he has accomplished since then shows how high expectations and adjustment to blindness training can open many doors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you would like to know more about Transition Services from State Services contact Transition Coordinator Sheila Koenig by&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:Sheila.Koenig@state.mn.us\">email<\/a>&nbsp;or contact her via phone at 651-539-2361.<br>To find your State Services in your State you can go to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.afb.org\/directory.aspx\">www.AFB.org<\/a>&nbsp;and search the directory for your agency.<strong>C<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thank you for listening!<\/strong><br>You can follow us on Twitter&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindabilities\">@BlindAbilities<\/a><br>On the web at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/\">www.BlindAbilities.com<\/a><br>Send us an&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:info@BlindAbilities.com\">email<\/a><br>Get the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/appsto.re\/us\/demUab.i\">Free Blind Abilities App<\/a>&nbsp;on the App Store and<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.blindabilities.android.blind&amp;hl=en_US\">Google Play Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4100\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4941-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/ExpoBobby.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/ExpoBobby.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/ExpoBobby.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/ExpoBobby.mp3 Full Transcript Show Summary: State Services for the Blind hosted a Career Expo for high school and college students who are blind, low vision, or DeafBlind. The event took place on Saturday, April 27. Throughout the Expo students had the opportunity to: Connect with adults with a vision loss from a variety of professions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4489,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[373,348,263,519,514],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-career","category-careerexpo","category-college","category-jobinsights","category-transcribed"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/jobinsights.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rcRg-1hH","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5152,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=5152","url_meta":{"origin":4941,"position":0},"title":"Career Expo: Volunteering Led Sam Jasmine to Her Engineering Position and Has Been Engineering the Disability in Progress Radio Show for 14 Years","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"June 25, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Show Summary: State Services for the Blind hosted a Career Expo for high school and college students who are blind, low vision, or DeafBlind. 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