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Sagebrush Conference
The latest technologies and business techniques for blind and sight-impaired vendors and employees will be presented at the Sagebrush Conference 2023 February 8-10 at the Golden Nugget Hotel in Las Vegas. Sponsored by the Randolph-Sheppard Vendors...
The Monthly Low Vision Clinic
The monthly Low Vision Clinic at Vocational Rehabilitation is operated under the supervision of a fully licensed Optometrist who has had special training in low vision. They conduct interviews and solicit pertinent visual, medical and functional...
A Day in the Life of a Rehabilitation Teacher
I finished my undergraduate degree in education and special education. As I prepared for graduate school, I seriously considered where I might fit in the world. I had been blessed with a fine mind, but as a blind person, a woman and a member of a...
Success Stories
Brandon Golonka
Brandon Golonka applied for services in 2016 as a 17 year old student of Reed High School, and joined the collaborative program between Vocational Rehabilitation and Washoe County School District known as VOICE. Unfortunately, Brandon’s time in the...
Oscar Chavira
Oscar Chavira is from Battle Mountain, a small town in rural Nevada, but that did not stop him from achieving his academic and vocational goals. He was admitted to University of Nevada, Reno after graduating from high school and declared a major in...
Tabatha Avila
Tabatha Avila is 42 years old, who has a mild intellectual disability, which impacts her abilities regarding written language. She has had three cases with BVR, all closed successfully. Her first vocational goal was Maid – Housekeeper, then she...
Sinai Lopez
Sinai applied for services on February 18, 2020. She was determined eligible for services on April 6, 2020 with a disability of Cerebral Palsy. Sinai wanted and needed to go to work to pay her bills and her rent. She was not eligible for SSI and...
Alem A.
Alem is originally from Ethiopia where he attended high school and pursued his studies in nursing. In December 2004, only three months before completing nursing school, he suffered a stroke resulting in the paralysis of his right side. His...
Burnetta Schlechter
Ms. Burnetta Schlechter applied for vocational rehabilitation services in 2017. She initially expressed an interest in working as a licensed operator of a cafeteria in our BEN program. Ms. Schlechter is legally blind and met all the...
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