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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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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Spotlight on Successful Employment

Timothy Jefferson

Timothy L. Jefferson knew he would lose his eyesight from an early age. Knowing that, he set out to create a higher standard for himself.

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The main office of the NRTC on Blindness and Low Vision is in the Industrial Education Building on the Campus of Mississippi State University, just outside of Starkville, Mississippi.