by Daniel Blair Why take time away from my summer to go to SWEP?⯠âŻAs a visually impaired person, questions about independent living constantly arise! Whether itâs how I amâŻgoing to succeed in my education and get a job that I love to do, or how I canâŻlearn to cook. There are many ways you … Continued
Dr. Heidi Joshi is the Manager of Integrated Behavioral Health at John Muir Healthâs Family Medicine Residency Program in Walnut Creek, California. The fast-paced, core faculty position is comprised of managing a team of mental health providers, educating medical residents on patient-centered communication skills and mental health issues, supporting physicians who have patients in mental … Continued
Sean Plumer learned so much about potential careers in computer coding and programming at the 2021 APH National Coding Symposium, heâs already signed up for this yearâs event, which runs May 9-13, 2022 online. A 17-year-old junior in high school, Sean has been interested in computer coding since before he began losing his vision in … Continued
Career Conversations is a monthly Zoom interview of an individual who is blind or low vision and gainfully employed. Meet our first guest, Lucy Greco and watch her Career Conversation episode at the bottom of the page. Lucy Greco, on what shaped her Lucy, blind since birth, grew up in Canada with her mother and … Continued
Among the history-making women worth honoring during Womenâs History Month, Christine Ha is a standout. Known as âThe Blind Cook,â Christine is the only blind contestant â and the season three winner â of âMasterChef,â the competitive TV show for home cooks judged by Gordon Ramsay. The show began her long list of accomplishments: author … Continued
When you think about it, 85 out of 100 is a lot. Remember making an 85% on a spelling test? Not a bad score at all. Thatâs why my eyes widened when I read a survey revealing 85% of jobs are filled through a particular avenue. Know what the avenue is? Well, it isnât cold calling (ah, the dreaded cold callâwho really enjoys calling companies of which … Continued
by Lindsay Kerr When I interviewed for an internship at 19, I never would have believed where it would take me or the connections I would make. Looking back almost eight years, the only questions I remember my interviewer asking me were, what my career goals were, and what assistive technology skills I had. As a bonus I told him that I lived in … Continued
by Lindsay Kerr When I interviewed for an internship at 19, I never would have believed where it would take me or the connections I would make. Looking back almost eight years, the only questions I remember my interviewer asking me were, what my career goals were, and what assistive technology skills I had. As a bonus I told him that I lived in … Continued
Two years into the COVID pandemic, a lot of people are rethinking their careers for a variety of reasons. A terrific option for people who are blind or low vision is computer coding: creating websites and apps. Itâs a field where people with vision loss can thrive because coding is all text-based, making it compatible with … Continued
Did you know that APH CareerConnect was around before the days of Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, Instagram, and the definition of âsocial media?â Did you know that APH CareerConnect started out in the mid-1990s as a resource database to connect job seekers to employed mentors and role models? Did you know that originally most of the … Continued