Employment Resources
Employment Resources
Human Resources Guide for Working with Employees Experiencing Vision Loss
Working with an employee who experiences vision loss can initially be challenging for human resources (HR) managers and supervisors unfamiliar with blindness or low vision, especially if unaware of the various accommodations available to assist persons with vision loss in completing job duties. This guide provides useful information and guidance for HR staff who are helping employees who experience vision loss maintain employment.
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Resources for Job Seekers
These resources were created for people who are blind or have low vision who are seeking employment. Included below are a resource sheet that provides a list of online resources for job seekers, an advice document that provides information and recommendations about disclosing vision impairment to employers, and a resume fact sheet that provides a list of guidelines to avoid common issues found in resumes of people with blindness or low vision.
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Employment Mentoring Manual
The Employment Mentoring Manual is a resource for consumers and service providers who are interested in looking for a mentor and/or starting a mentoring program.
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Just Ask: Working Alongside Blind and Low Vision Colleagues
This short video offers practical guidance for coworkers, supervisors, and employers on creating a welcoming and accessible workplace for colleagues who are blind or have low vision. It covers respectful interactions, assistive technology, workplace orientation, accessible digital content, and appropriate ways to offer assistance, emphasizing one simple principle: when you are unsure, just ask! This video also includes a guide with practical strategies for creating a more inclusive workplace.
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You Can Work with Blindness or Low Vision
This trifold brochure (available in English and Spanish) provides information for persons with newly acquired vision loss about the services available to support them in efforts to maintain or get a job. The brochure may be distributed to venues such as local medical offices. The associated guide provides more specific information, introducing persons new to vision loss to services, resources, and tools associated with employment. We invite you to use these materials to recruit potential program participants at risk of unemployment due to recent vision loss.
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4to24 App
The 4to24 app is a free resource for parents of children and youth who are blind, have low vision, or are deafblind with additional disabilities. It covers ages 4 to 24 years, to go from preschool age into young adulthood and early career. Modules of information are delivered from the app over time based on things such as the child’s age or experiences. The modules are self-paced (no deadlines!), so parents can use the information at their convenience.
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QR Code Accessibility Guide
The following document provides steps for accessing a QR code for iPhone and Android.
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Employment Statistics for People with Dual Sensory Impairments
This data summary describes current (2016-2020) employment data for individuals with dual sensory impairments. The unemployment rate, labor force participation rate, and employment-population ratio are reported for the general U.S. population, for individuals with all disabilities, and for individuals with dual sensory impairments. A brief history and analysis of the data is also included.
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Predictors of Employment and Job Quality of VR Consumers with Deafblindness
The purpose of this study was to investigate employment outcomes for vocational rehabilitation (VR) consumers with deafblindness, with a sample of 1,382 consumers obtained from the Rehabilitation Services Administration Case Service Report (RSA-911) data. Overall, the results indicate that several VR service-related factors are associated with whether deafblind consumers obtain competitive employment, but consumers’ personal characteristics are much more important in determining job quality.
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Predictors of Employment for Youth Who are Deafblind
This article focuses on factors that predict post-high school employment for transition-age youth who are deafblind, based on data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2. Results support the importance of paid high school work experiences, high parent expectations, and vocational education services for improving employment outcomes for youth who are deafblind.
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Is Braille Use Related to Employment?
Summaries of several research studies on whether or not Braille use is linked to employment
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Meet Employees
Our Employee Spotlights introduce you to talented people with blindness and low vision who work successfully in a wide variety of careers.
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Blind People Can’t Perform This Job…Or Can They?
This brief article describes findings from our research on the attitudes of hiring managers towards individuals who are blind or visually impaired (B/VI) and how these attitudes are impacted by knowledge of how B/VI individuals can complete workplace tasks. Written with employers in mind, it provides an overview of the services provided by vocational rehabilitation agencies to employers and makes the case for why hiring an individual with B/VI can be an asset for any organization. It also contains a brief quiz where employers can test their own knowledge of how B/VI individuals complete job tasks.
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