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2025

Factors Associated with Proficient Braille Skills in Adults

Employment and Retirement Among Workers Who Develop Vision Loss in Midlife

Predictors of Job Retention After Onset of Visual Impairment in Late Middle Age

Group-Based Trajectory Analysis of Longitudinal Employment Patterns and Predictors for Adults With Visual Impairments

Underemployment Among College Graduates with Blindness and Low Vision

2024

Why I'm Not Working: People With Vision Impairments Explain

Comparison of Assistive Technology Use and Beliefs Among Employed and Unemployed People Who Are Blind

Use of Braille in the Workplace by People Who are Blind

Learning Assistive Technology: Preferences, Methods, and the Need for Improved Training

Exploring the Impact of Degree Major on Career Outcomes for College Graduates with Visual Impairments

2023

The Accessibility and Usability of Online Job Applications for Screen Reader Users

Assistive Technology Use in the Workplace by People with Blindness and Low Vision: Perceived Skill Level, Satisfaction, and Challenges

Understanding Nonparticipation in the Labor Force among Individuals with Blindness or Low Vision

The JVIB Beyond Employment Rates Series: Exploring Labor Force Statistics for People with Visual Impairments

2022

A Strategy for Changing Employers’ Implicit Attitudes Toward Individuals who are Blind

2021

What Predicts Job Quality of Vocational Rehabilitation Consumers who are Blind or Have Low Vision?

Short-Term Effects of Job Search Skills Training and a Summer Work Experience Program for Youth

2020

Impact of Agency Context on Effectiveness of Business Development Training

Factors and Characteristics Associated with Employment for Individuals with TBI and VI

Keys to a Successful Transition: Ensuring Youth with Visual Impairments are Ready for Career and College

2019

Factors Related to Employment Outcomes for Adults with VI

Factors that Influence Employer Hiring Behavior of People with B/LV

The Impact of a Brief Meeting on Employer Attitudes, Knowledge, and Intent to Hire

Evaluation of Vocational Rehabilitation Service Models for Deaf-Blind Consumers

Employment and Unemployment Rates of People Who are Blind or Visually Impaired: Estimates Over Time from Multiple Sources

Vocational Rehabilitation Service Provision and Outcomes for Consumers With Combined Traumatic Brain Injury and Visual Impairment

2018

Does Vocational Rehabilitation Agency Structure Matter?

Collaborating With Occupational Therapists to Improve Services for Seniors

Experiences of Young Adults with Deaf-Blindness After High School

The Link Between Confidence in Transportation Skills and Employment Outcomes

Predictors of Employer Attitudes Toward Blind Employees, Revisited

In-School Predictors of Post-School Employment for Deaf-Blind Youth

Losing Employment: At-risk Employed Vocational Rehabilitation Applicants with Vision Loss

Employment Outcomes and Job Quality of Vocational Rehabilitation Consumers with Deaf-Blindness

Effectiveness of a Business Development Training for Rehabilitation Counselors Who Work with Consumers Who are Blind or Visually Impaired

College Graduates with Visual Impairment: A Report on Seeking and Finding Employment

2017

Working with Businesses: Counselor Expectations, Actions, and Challenges

Stress Associated with Transportation

Improving Employment Outcomes by Connecting With Businesses

Improving the Business Enterprise Program Experience for Vendors Who are Deaf-Blind

2016

Vocational Rehabilitation Services and Employment for SSDI Beneficiaries with Visual Impairments

The Effect of Career Mentoring on Employment Outcomes for College Students Who Are Legally Blind

Exploring the Most Effective Strategies for Working with Employers to Improve Consumers’ Employment Outcomes

2015

Building Relationships With Businesses: Recommendations from Employers Concerning Persons Who are Blind/Visually Impaired

Orientation & Mobility Providers Offer Transportation Insights

Findings from a National Transportation Survey of Individuals who are Blind and Visually Impaired

2014

Survey of Business Enterprise Program Directors Reveals Core Training Needs for Online Training Curriculum

2013

Employment Outcomes of VR Consumers who are SSDI Beneficiaries