Director Kevin Miller speaking to leadership of the Community Centers for the Deaf.
Yesterday,
Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities (OOD) Director Kevin Miller
addressed the leadership of the Ohio Community Centers for the Deaf at their quarterly
meeting and provided updates on a variety of issues. Director Miller discussed OOD’s
2018-2019 Executive Budget proposal and explained that the agency expects to receive
funding that will allow the Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) program to continue services without a wait list. In addition, OOD anticipates to maintain
partnerships and provide opportunities to build on the agency’s successes.
OOD partners
with the Ohio Community Centers for the Deaf in order to provide useful
interaction to assist individuals with hearing loss, potential employers and
communities to ensure individuals are fully integrated into competitive employment
and other activities.
For more information, visit http://ood.ohio.gov/Community-Centers-for-the-Deaf.
OOD Senior Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor Bernadetta King uses tactile models to observe abstract paintings.
Blind
Spot: A Matter of Perception event was held last weekend at the Massillon Museum. OOD
staff attended the event and enjoyed the 10 abstract paintings. They were translated
into sonic iPad touch screen apps and tactile models. Typewritten and Braille
labels produced by the Clovernook Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired enhanced
the experience for participants.
OOD has a list of frequently asked questions (FAQ) on our
website that help employers who are interested in integrating individuals with
disabilities into their workforce. For example:
Q:
I have an employee who has become disabled, how can OOD help me
so that I can retain this employee?
A: A rehabilitation professional will assist you
and your employee in
determining the appropriate type of
accommodation so that the
employee can stay on the job.
Q:
What kinds of jobs are suitable for employees with disabilities?
A: People with disabilities can perform almost
any type of job – from
unskilled labor to technical and
professional duties. OOD provides
assessments, career counseling,
rehabilitation and job training for a full
range of occupations. We also counsel
people to choose careers in
which their disability won’t restrict job
performance.
For a full list of FAQs, visit http://www.ood.ohio.gov/Employers/FAQ.
If you have a disability and want to work, visit OODWORKS.com today to get started on your journey to employment.
A website called PsyberGuide is an unbiased online guide to
mental health apps and technologies. PsyberGuide provides expert and
crowd-sourced ratings dedicated to providing information to people who have
mental health issues by using nonclinical jargon to help manage mental health
conditions. For more information, visit http://psyberguide.org/.
Assistive Technology of Ohio (AT Ohio) is a federally
funded nonprofit organization that is part of the College of Engineering at The
Ohio State University. AT Ohio helps Ohioans with disabilities learn about or
acquire devices and equipment or services to function independently. For more
information, visit https://atohio.engineering.osu.edu/.
Vocational Rehabilitation
Current
FFY2017
Individuals in Job Ready
Status: 3,174 2,724
For county level
information
& map, visit our website.
Individuals Employed:
1,934
2,203
Employed, not yet
successfully closed
Successful Closures:
2,551
Employed for over 90
days,
case closed successfully
Disability Determination
(FFY
2017 as of 2/17/2017 – Week 20)
Applications Received: 67,819
Determinations: 72,702
Productivity Per Work
Year (PPWY) 355.3
Total number of cases
processed divided
by
the number of work years funded
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