Connecticut
Bureau of Rehabilitation Services
The goal of the Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Program is to assist individuals with significant physical and mental disabilities to prepare for, obtain and maintain employment. Through the provision of individualized services, persons with disabilities who are eligible for vocational rehabilitation are supported in planning for and achieving their job goals.
Career Training Employment Opportunities
Connecticut Association of Centers for Independent Living
Connecticut Department of Labor Job Seekers Services
Connecticut Job Seekers Portal
In 1988, Public Law 108-3464, The Technology Related Services for Individuals with Disabilities was passed, which made available Federal grants to every US state and territory to establish an AT Act Program. The Connecticut Tech Act Project was established in Connecticut in 1992 with the main purpose of raising awareness of Assistive Technology and a focus on systems changes.
Connecticut's Talking Newsstand for the Blind and Print Handicapped
The programs broadcast on CRIS Radio are available to individuals who, because of vision loss or physical disability, are unable to read printed material. CRIS Radio programming features a wide variety of articles from national and Connecticut newspapers, magazines, as well as book readings and interview programs.
Foundation Fighting Blindness Local Chapter
The Independent Living Center is a private, not-for-profit corporation devoted to meeting the needs of individuals with disabilities and to serving them, their families and communities.
Independence Unlimited Employment Opportunities
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NEAT is about access — access to information, to products and equipment, to the manufacturers and vendors of equipment and to services. The New England Assistive Technology (NEAT) Center at Oak Hill was formed because limited access to services, equipment and devices that can minimize the effects of disabilities is, in itself, a disability. NEAT was established to provide information and services and access to equipment and devices that can change the lives of people of all ages, with all types of disabilities, both temporary and permanent. We operate under the auspices of Oak Hill, a 115 year old non-profit organization located in Hartford, CT. The headquarters building of the NEAT Center provides 25,000 square feet of space for product demonstrations, expos, classes, computer use, research and equipment restoration. Our staff is available to help you find what you need. |
NEWSLINE FOR THE BLIND NETWOR"Trademark": A Nationwide Newspaper Service for the Blind - Every morning many people throughout the United States start the day with a cup of coffee and the morning newspaper. They do, that is, unless they are blind or severely visually impaired. The National Federation of the Blind has initiated a project which gives promise of making newspapers available on a regular basis to the blind of the nation.
Social Security Administration Ticket to Work
TeleworkTools.org is a Telework/telecommute Research and Demonstration project of The WorkPlace, Inc. funded by a cooperative agreement #E-9-4-4-0053 from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP). Congress designated the cooperative agreement funds to ODEP for the further development of self-employment as an employment outcome for individuals with disabilities. ODEP's mission is to provide national leadership by developing and influencing disability-related employment policy and practice affecting the employment of people with disabilities.
The Connecticut Council of the Blind
The National Federation of the Blind
of Connecticut
The National Federation of the Blind of Connecticut (NFBC) is a state affiliate of The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) and works to improve the lives of blind people in Connecticut. By providing information and education to its members and the public, the NFBC is changing what it means to be blind.
The Official Connecticut Website
The WorkPlace, Inc. helps people prepare for careers and strengthens the workforce for employers. As Southwestern Connecticut’s Regional Workforce Development Board, it administers workforce development funds and coordinates providers of job training and education programs to meet the needs of residents and employers in the Southwestern Connecticut Region. (View diagram of how The WorkPlace, Inc. works.)
Sells adaptive equipment in the Cheshire area.
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