The American Federation for the Blind (AFB) has a site for persons who are blind or visually impaired seeking jobs and/or information on how to get jobs. CareerConnect (go here) also offers advice on how to post resumes and practice interviews, assists potential employers, and has online podcasts and video seminars on working with people with disabilities (not just visual ones either). There's a wealth of important information on this site that can assist job seekers and employers alike, so give it a look.
December 2009 Archives
Persons with and without disabilities can assist those less fortunate in this holiday season.
Continue reading Where To Help People In Need This Holiday Season.
Well, the title's not quite accurate. The four films on Warner's 2 DVD set Karloff & Lugosi Horror Classics are actually two horror films and two comedies, and only one film in the collection (one of the comedies) has the two horror icons of the title, Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi, co-starring together. But all four films, making their belated DVD debut, are quite entertaining in their respective ways.
Continue reading Karloff & Lugosi Horror Classics.
The Connecticut Lions Eye Research Foundation, Inc. (CLERF) was originally set up to provide funding for eye research at the University of Connecticut. Recently, they've been working with the Yale Eye Center in trying to fund research into stopping (or ay least delaying the spread of) Macular Degeneration. If you're interested in helping them continue funding this important research, please consider making a donation to CLERF. Details can be found at their site here.
It's the 40th anniversary of the release of the official sixth film installment of the James Bond 007 series, On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
Continue reading On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969).
The Federal Jobs Net site, which helps job seekers find employment opportunities in goverment, is now offering an online Disabled Hiring Programs page to advise and assist applicants with disabilities. The DHP link explains what applicants with disabilities will require when seeking goverment postions, touching on such subjects as hiring options, certification and special accomendations, as well as job sources. Go to http://federaljobs.net/disabled.htm for more information.
Followers of this blog may have noted my fledging attempts at doing podcasts a few months back.
Continue reading The Book Cave .
Courtesy of the New England ADA Center, here are answers to frequently asked questions about the Americans with Disabilities Act. Subjects asked about include employment, places of accomondation, transportation and service animals. If you have any questions, check this informative site out: http://adaptiveenvironments.org/neada/site/ada_faq .
