Transition to Work: Addressing the Challenges of Deaf-Blindness

Issue title: Transition from School to Work

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Everson, Jane M.^; | Burwell, Jeremy

Affiliations: Helen Keller National Center, Sands Point, New York

Note: [] The development and dissemination of this article was supported by funds from the U.S. Department of Education (Cooperative agreements #H025E90001 and #H128D0001). The opinions contained herein are not necessarily those of the U.S. Department of Education.

Abstract: Individuals with deaf-blindness are frequently excluded or under served by vocational transition programs in their home communities. The reasons are numerous; sometimes related to the support needs of these individuals' dual sensory impairments, they are more often related to limited program capacity and lack of trained personnel. This article presents case studies of two individuals with deaf-blindness in the vocational transition process and concludes by offering local programs suggestions for building local capacity and training personnel.

DOI: 10.3233/JVR-1991-1406

Journal: Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 39-45, 1991