Our goal is to improve employment outcomes

Our goal is to improve employment outcomes for individuals with blindness or low vision. This website houses free resources and helpful information for three audiences: 

  1. Businesses interested in employing someone who is blind or has low vision
  2. Service providers who work with people who are blind or have low vision
  3. Individuals who are blind or have low vision and their families and friends 

If you have a question about employment for individuals who are blind or have low vision that you don’t see answered here, please contact us. We will be happy to help!

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Featured Resources

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Questions About Vision Loss

The NRTC offers a new self-paced interactive video with SHRM credit to HR managers who have questions about hiring people with vision loss.

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Braille Resources

This page is a resource for professionals and others interested in braille. We have summarized several research studies about braille use and the relationship between braille use and employment...

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Basics of Blindness and Low Vision: Understanding a Low Incidence Disability

The NRTC has developed instructional materials to improve college students’ knowledge about blindness and low vision...

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Measure Your Implicit Attitudes: Implicit Association Test (IAT-BVI)

This test is designed to measure implicit attitudes about the competence of individuals who are blind or visually impaired...

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Navigating Vocational Rehabilitation Services

The video explains how people adjusting to vision impairment, whether it is low vision or blindness, may be helped by VR services...

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4to24 App: Free Resource For Parents of Children And Youth Who Are B/LV

4to24 is a mobile app created to help youth who are blind or have low vision and their parents focus on the necessary steps to prepare for employment and independent living. A version for parents of youth with deaf-blindness and additional disabilities is also available.

Learn More about 4to24 App: Free Resource For Parents of Children And Youth Who Are B/LV

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Training Activities

We conduct a wide variety of training activities centered around our mission of improving employment and independent living outcomes for people who are blind or have low vision.

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Featured Courses

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T.I.P.S. for Helping People with Vision Problems

The course will address best practices for creating a safe and accessible environment that promotes independence and dignity for individuals with vision difficulties.

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Walkers, Crutches, and Support Canes… Oh My! Orientation and Mobility for People with Orthopedic Impairments

This course provides strategies and suggestions for teaching orientation and mobility techniques to people who use walkers, crutches, or support canes.

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SMART Instruction

This course presents strategies related to setting measurable goals, completing documentation, and increasing efficiency to help make your work more manageable and productive while increasing successful client outcomes.

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Spotlight on Successful Employment

Clarke Reynolds

Clarke Reynolds is an artist from England known for his innovative use of braille in art, inviting viewers to experience his work through touch. From the age of six, Clarke knew he wanted to be an artist.

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The main office of the NRTC on Blindness and Low Vision is located at 205 Morgan Avenue at Mississippi State University, just outside of Starkville, Mississippi.

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