Career Exploration and Planning
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Transition
- General Information
- Legal and Financial Aspects
- Organizations and Resources to Explore
- Person-Centered Planning / Personal Futures Planning
- Postsecondary Education
- Research
- Self-Determination
- Training and Independence Programs
- Transition for Students with Deafblindness or Multiple Disabilities
- Transition to Independent Living
For Students who are Blind or Visually Impaired
These websites are helpful to students who are blind or visually impaired and beginning to plan for employment and careers.
For Students
Career Connect
American Foundation for the Blind
Career Connect is "a free resource for people who want to learn about the range and diversity of jobs performed by adults who are blind or visually impaired throughout the United States and Canada." It is divided into sections for job seekers, employers, professionals, family and friends, and teens. This site includes information on career exploration, connecting with mentors, and using technology in the workplace.
Office of Disability Employment Policy -- Youth and Families
Lighthouse International
This site has links to publications, programs and initiatives, technical assistance services, reports, and frequently asked questions.
What They Are Doing: Visually Impaired and Working in the Mainstream
Lighthouse International
Examples of what people who are blind can do in the work world; features a computer programmer, a plumber, a judo instructor, a master chef and a TV network executive.
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