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Category: Planning for the Future

There’s an App for That: Preparing Your Child Who’s Blind or Low Vision for a Successful Transition to Adulthood (The 4to24 App)

From: College to Career
Categories: Planning for the Future , Transition
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Recognizing that planning for life after high school starts early for students and youth with blindness and low vision, the APH ConnectCenter shares resources on both APH FamilyConnect and APH CareerConnect.  Along with our curated resources, Mississippi State University’s National Technical Assistance on Blindness and Low Vision created one such tool: the 4to24 mobile app. … Continued

Powering Your Start-up: Entrepreneurial Support for Individuals Who Are Blind or Low Vision

From: CareerConnect Blog
Categories: Employment , Online Tools , Planning for the Future
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Maybe you come from an entrepreneurial family and the desire to start a company is in your blood! Or you haven’t much familiarization with start-ups, but you can’t shake the notion that starting a business is for you. You have a particular skill set that will meet the needs or desires of your community; you … Continued

How 85% of Jobs are Secured

From: CareerConnect Blog
Categories: Career Exploration , Employment , Planning for the Future
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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. That’s 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 isn’t cold calling (ah, the dreaded cold call—who really enjoys calling companies of which … Continued

The Places Internships May Take You

From: CareerConnect Blog
Categories: Career Exploration , Employment , Personal Reflections , Planning for the Future , Transition
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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

Is It the Season to Transition to Telework as an Individual Who Is Blind or Low Vision?

From: CareerConnect Blog
Categories: Employment , Planning for the Future
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Dreadful COVID-19 ushered substantial heartache, fear, trials, and deviations to our routines—an enormously wearisome season to be sure. But its wake hasn’t been wholly abysmal. Have you recognized the response to COVID opened the door to normalizing and expanding telework opportunities? If you’re keen on the benefits of working remotely part- or full-time, and if … Continued

The Places Internships May Take You

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Categories: Career Exploration , Employment , Personal Reflections , Planning for the Future , Transition
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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

Happy Holidays and Happy Mentoring to You!

From: CareerConnect Blog
Categories: Employment , Leadership , Planning for the Future , Transition
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With the holiday season in full swing, and perhaps a wee bit of free time (said in my best Irish accent). Have you considered devoting a few hours of your holiday reprieve to guiding and shaping younger or less experienced individuals who are also blind or low vision? Perhaps it’s time to reach out and provide encouragement and counsel as … Continued

Zoom Considerations for Individuals Who Are Blind or Low Vision

From: CareerConnect Blog
Categories: Assistive Technology , Employment , General , Online Tools , Planning for the Future , Technology , Web Accessibility
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Zoom interviews. Zoom conferences. Zoom meetings. Zoom classes. Zoom assemblies. Zoom consultations. Zoom gatherings. Zoom appointments. The world is entering Zoomtopia, so it’s about time we address considerations for those who are blind or low vision. Because, though the meetings aren’t in-person, they’re still face-to-face, and should be prepared for and accommodated as such. Here’s … Continued

Intimidated, but Proceeding Regardless, as a Professional Who Is Blind or Low Vision

From: CareerConnect Blog
Categories: Employment , Leadership , Planning for the Future
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Time and again we are face-to-face with that which is intimidating on the employment journey—how true! From initially choosing a career and preparing for it, to walking into nerve-wracking interviews, beginning a new job, assuming additional responsibilities, recovering from mistakes or “failures”, learning up-to-date technology, and taking calculated risks to advance in the career, there … Continued

Conquering College: Activating your campus tools

From: CareerConnect Blog
Categories: College Readiness , Independence , O&M , Orientation and Mobility , Planning for the Future , Self-determination
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Lessons learned the hard way:  In the first blog of this two-part series I wrote about planning and perseverance and that theme carries into this post: You can check out Part 1 here. Not only was I the first person in my immediate family to attend college and graduate, I did so as a blind Latino living in southern California. As with many high school students, dinner … Continued