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A Transportation Guide for Persons who are Blind or Have Low Vision
A Transportation Guide for Persons who are Blind or Have Low Vision contains helpful information about finding and using transportation options, and is designed for persons with vision impairments or those who serve them. Forward the link or print copies of the document as needed. Students or researchers may prefer to use the version with in-text citations, located on our publications page.
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Accessibility Recommendations for Online Surveys
The following document provides recommendations on improving the accessibility of online surveys for users with blindness or low vision.
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Accessible Documents
The following are links to resources and information for making your documents more accessible.
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Creating an Accessible Word Document
Provides tips and guidance for formatting, designing, and saving an accessible document and PDF.
NRTC Guide for Creating Accessible PDFs
Provides tips for creating a PDF document with Adobe Acrobat Pro that meets accessibility standards.
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Customized Transportation Plan
This customized transportation plan is meant to generate conversation between counselor and consumer regarding the consumer's transportation situation. The questions guide the conversation through various transportation routes, the consumer's transportation history, and the consumer's transportation options.
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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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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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Job Retention and Career Advancement Resources
The WIOA stresses the importance of helping people with disabilities retain and advance in their careers. To assist with this endeavor, the NRTC has developed two checklists to assess the need for career advancement or job retention services for employed VR consumers. Because many persons with visual impairments request services while employed, these checklists are ideal for use during intake. However, for those consumers who gain employment later in the VR process, these checklists can help you assess if they have any job retention or advancement needs prior to closure as rehabilitated.
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Career Advancement and Job Retention Resource List
In addition to the checklists, the NRTC has developed a collection of resources for professionals and for people with vision loss that address common challenges to career advancement and job retention.
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Orientation Packet for New Vocational Rehabilitation Professionals Working with Individuals who are Blind or Visually Impaired
This orientation packet for vocational rehabilitation (VR) professionals will familiarize you with the blindness field and NRTC products and online courses. Along with providing an intensive list of resources, the guide presents misperceptions about blindness and appropriate blindness etiquette. While geared towards new VR professionals working with blind and visually impaired consumers, the guide's content will be useful to all people new to the field and VR professionals who occasionally work with this population.
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Practice Guide: Recommendations for VR Professionals Regarding a First Meeting with an Employer
This practice guide summarizes the findings of a research study about the impact of a first meeting with an employer and provides recommendations for VR professionals based on these findings.
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Practices for Recruiting Transition-Age Youth into the Randolph-Sheppard Business Enterprise Program
The purpose of this resource guide is to assist Randolph-Sheppard Business Enterprise Program (BEP) staff in recruiting transition-age youth with legal blindness into the program. The guide discusses recruitment strategies for transition-age youth currently used by BEPs across the country. It also provides suggestions for developing recruitment practices for transition-age youth and the benefits that may be derived from implementing such activities.
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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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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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The NRTC Community Outreach Guide: How to Host A White Cane Awareness Day Celebration (October 15)
This Community Outreach Guide will introduce you to the history of White Cane Awareness Day, provide inspiration for activities (from a signing ceremony to a large, public event), and offer general event tips to support you as you create a successful celebration.
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The NRTC Community Outreach Guide: How to Host an Adapted Sports Outreach Event
The Adapted Sports Outreach Guide highlights the importance of inclusive recreation, offers recommendations on ways to adapt sports and games, and is full of great resources to help you develop your own adapted sports event.
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Tip Sheet: Designing Remote Group Training for Adults who are Blind or Have Low Vision: Research-Based Tips
This tip sheet provides insights from a pilot study on a job search skills training program conducted via Zoom. It offers practical recommendations for delivering effective and engaging remote group training for participants who are blind or have low vision.
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Working with Blind Entrepreneurs who have Hearing Loss in the Randolph-Sheppard Business Enterprise Program Resource Guide
This resource guide was developed to assist Randolph-Sheppard Business Enterprise Program (BEP) staff working with blind entrepreneurs with hearing loss. It gives suggestions and strategies for accommodating these entrepreneurs in training activities, on-the-job, and at meetings. It also contains advice from blind entrepreneurs with hearing loss and from BEP staff experienced in working with this demographic. The guide can serve as one resource BEP staff can use when working with a blind entrepreneur with hearing loss for the first time. An additional purpose of this guide is to promote the fact that individuals with combined hearing and vision loss are and can be highly successful entrepreneurs in the Randolph-Sheppard Program.
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Working with Businesses to Improve Employment Outcomes
A recent five-year research project consisting of four separate studies focused on how VR agencies and their staff interact with businesses and the relationship of these interactions with consumer employment outcomes. This evidence-based practice guide presents key research findings from these studies and recommendations for agencies and counselors about working with businesses based on the findings.
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