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2023

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?

2020

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

Impact of Agency Context on Effectiveness of Business Development Training (Article Summary)

Factors and Characteristics Associated with Employment for Individuals with TBI and VI (Article Summary)

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

2019

Factors Related to Employment Outcomes for Adults with VI (Article Summary)

Factors that Influence Employer Hiring Behavior of People with B/LV (Article Summary)

The Impact of a Brief Meeting on Employer Attitudes, Knowledge, and Intent to Hire (Article Summary)

Evaluation of Vocational Rehabilitation Service Models for Deaf-Blind Consumers (Article Summary)

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

Vocational Rehabilitation Service Provision and Outcomes for Consumers With Combined Traumatic Brain Injury and Visual Impairment (Article Summary)

2018

Does Vocational Rehabilitation Agency Structure Matter (Article Summary)

Collaborating With Occupational Therapists to Improve Services for Seniors (Article Summary)

Experiences of Young Adults with Deaf-Blindness After High School (Article Summary)

The Link Between Confidence in Transportation Skills and Employment Outcomes (Article Summary)

Predictors of Employer Attitudes Toward Blind Employees, Revisited (Article Summary)

In-School Predictors of Post-School Employment for Deaf-Blind Youth (Article Summary)

Losing Employment: At-risk Employed Vocational Rehabilitation Applicants with Vision Loss (Article Summary)

Employment Outcomes and Job Quality of Vocational Rehabilitation Consumers with Deaf-Blindness (Article Summary)

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

College Graduates with Visual Impairment: A Report on Seeking and Finding Employment (Article Summary)

2017

Working with Businesses: Counselor Expectations, Actions, and Challenges (Article Summary)

Stress Associated with Transportation (Article Summary)

Improving Employment Outcomes by Connecting With Businesses (Article Summary)

Improving the Business Enterprise Program Experience for Vendors Who are Deaf-Blind (Article Summary)

2016

Vocational Rehabilitation Services and Employment for SSDI Beneficiaries with Visual Impairments (Article Summary)

The Effect of Career Mentoring on Employment Outcomes for College Students Who Are Legally Blind (Article Summary)

Exploring the Most Effective Strategies for Working with Employers to Improve Consumers’ Employment Outcomes (Article Summary)

2015

Building relationships with Businesses: Recommendations from Employers Concerning Persons Who are Blind/Visually Impaired (Article Summary)

Orientation & Mobility Providers Offer Transportation Insights (Article Summary)

Findings from a National Transportation Survey of Individuals who are Blind and Visually Impaired (Article Summary)

2014

Survey of Business Enterprise Program Directors Reveals Core Training Needs for Online Training Curriculum (Article Summary)

2013

Employment Outcomes of VR Consumers who are SSDI Beneficiaries (Article Summary)