Most people with autism who receive vocational rehabilitation services exit the program with a job, a new report finds, but such employment is typically part-time and low paid. Nationally, about 60 ...
Doug Bichler lost his right arm in 2017. He made immediate changes to Bichler Simmentals to stay in ranching, and later North Dakota Vocational Rehabilitation helped him better adapt for the future.
Vocational rehabilitation agencies across the country say they’re serving more students with disabilities thanks to a new federal mandate, but they’re still falling short of fully meeting their ...
For many of us, adulthood is inextricably tied to working. For most American adults, our work has strong ties to the rest of our life– our finances, our health insurance and benefits, our ability to ...
Voc Rehab has amazing resources available to veterans where self-employment is a feasible goal, but rumors are circling the nation that the program is discouraging entrepreneurship. Counselors are now ...
No matter what a person's disability, David Turnipseed Jr. says he expects those four things from everyone. "This isn't a sheltered workshop. This is a training center," said Turnipseed, who manages ...
From 2008-16 an estimated 1.98 million autistic adults—or 99%, of those who likely needed employment services—did not receive support through Medicaid or Vocational Rehabilitation Administration, a ...
Kick it into gear before your first Voc Rehab meeting. I wrote an Op Ed on this subject over a year ago called “The Lies They Tell.” After a few VA employees threatened to close their accounts, we ...
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The Berkeley County Library says they are partnering with South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation to get the word out about services they offer to help people with ...