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Career Opportunity: Community Living Fund, Site Director

Position Description
Make a difference in someone’s life and turn your compassion into action!
Enrich the lives of seniors in the Bay Area!

The non-profit Institute on Aging has served our Bay Area community for over two decades, providing innovative and compassionate care and services to enable older or disabled adults to remain living in their homes…

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Career Opportunity: State Program Administrator Manager, Minnesota State Services for the Blind

The state of Minnesota is accepting applications for the position of
State Program Administrator Manager, Senior (Director of Administrative
Services) at Minnesota State Services for the Blind. Information
concerning the position and the application process can be found at:

https://statejobs.doer.state.mn.us/JobPosting/88f5ddc99f72896b8cad58d10d926339/Results

The posting will close on Monday, November 2.

The Administrative Services Unit of SSB provides support to the entire
organization. It…

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Positive Futures: HIV, Employment, and Vocational Rehabilitation in 2009

A Pre-conference Institute at the United States Conference on AIDS. Presented by the National Working Positive Coalition and Positive Resource Center.

We’re excited about this opportunity to bring together people interested in the role that employment and vocational rehabilitation may play in improving the financial and personal well-being of many individuals living with HIV/AIDS. Encouraged…

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Job Opening: Braille Supervisor, Minnesota State Services for the Blind

The state of Minnesota is accepting applications for the position of Braille Supervisor at Minnesota State Services for the Blind.
Information concerning the position and the application process can be
found at:

<https://statejobs.doer.state.mn.us/JobPosting/88f5ddc99f72896b8cad58d10d926339/Results>.

The posting will close on Friday, October 30.

The Braille Section of SSB provides nearly a million pages of high
quality braille each year to Minnesotans of…

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Northern California Entertainment and Recreation Listing October 23

This seo experts is compiled by the Vision Loss Resource Center at the LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired. It is compiled weekly as a service to the blind and visually impaired community of Northern California. If you have meeting or event information that would be appropriate for inclusion in this list please…

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The LightHouse is proud to host The Mega Program: Self-Defense for the Visually Impaired. Join us Saturday October 24!

Hi Everyone,

I have been working with Stephen Nicholls and Alan Gutsell, founders of the Mega Self Defense Program.This prgram is specifcally designed for the blind/visually impaired, and the LightHouse is proud to be hosting a free seminar on Saturday October 24th from 3pm to 6om. The program which has been featured on the BBC…

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Job Search: Employment Development Department/LEAP exams for people with disabilities

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California is home to the most diverse population in the country and that includes our citizens with disabilities. At the Employment Development Department (EDD) we recognize that people with disabilities bring…

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Career Opportunity: Assistive Technology Specialist for Sensory Access Foundation

Location:  Sunnyvale
Salary:  $50,000+ Depending on experience

Sensory Access Foundation (SAF) is seeking a highly skilled individual to perform comprehensive evaluations to determine accessibility needs for employment and educational contexts for people who are blind or visually impaired.

OVERVIEW OF POSITION
The Assistive Technology Specialist (ATS) incorporates SAF's service delivery model in performing comprehensive evaluations of blind and…

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Hundreds of Seniors and People with Disabilities to Create an Earthquake to Protest the Disastrous Cuts to In Home Support Services (IHSS), Thursday!!!! City Hall.

Thursday, October 22 Noon to 1:00 SF City Hall Steps  1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

San Francisco, CA October 21, 2009
In response to Governor Schwarzenegger’s attack on the IHSS Program, the IHSS Task Force of Planning for Elders will hold a noisy rally and press conference on the steps of San Francisco City Hall…

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Judge rules that Social Security Administration must provide accessible correspondence

The Social Security Administration must give the nation's 3 million blind or visually impaired recipients the option of receiving benefit notices in braille or by audio computer disc, a federal judge in San Francisco said Tuesday.

Read more from SFGate…

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