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ATU648 – Part 2: Vocational Rehabilitation Updates with Theresa Koleszar and Kristina Blankenship

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Your weekly dose of information that keeps you up to date on the latest developments in the field of technology designed to assist people with disabilities and special needs. Special Guests: Theresa Koleszar – Director – Bureau of Rehabilitation Services Kristina Blankenship –  Director – Business and Community […]

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ATU647 – Vocational Rehabilitation Updates with Theresa Koleszar and Kristina Blankenship

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Your weekly dose of information that keeps you up to date on the latest developments in the field of technology designed to assist people with disabilities and special needs. Special Guests: Theresa Koleszar – Director – Bureau of Rehabilitation Services Kristina Blankenship –  Director – Business and Community […]

Consumer Highlight: Thomas Kramer

I met with Thomas Kramer at the the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) Logistical Support Center/Centralized Sign Shop office on the east side of Indianapolis. Thomas has been a sign operation supervisor for 10 years. He oversees the sign shop that makes the signs for all state roads and interstates throughout the state of Indiana. It was […]

Consumer Highlight: Lonell Jones

I met with Lonell Jones and Jim Rinehart, Assistive Technology Specialist at Easterseals Crossroads, at Lonell’s home in Fort Wayne, Indiana to learn about the assistive technology he is using that allows him to keep working. I learned that Lonell was born premature. He told me that he was pronounced dead for twenty minutes. I […]

Consumer Highlight: Nicholi Kauffman

Upon making an appointment to come meet with Nicholi Kauffman he excitedly told me he was moving into his first apartment and would be settled in by the time we met. Nicholi is a student at Ivy Tech Community College in Lafayette, Indiana and moved into an apartment not far for the school. I pulled […]

Consumer Highlight: Victor Melchiorre

I traveled to Victor Melchiorre’s home to meet with him and learn about the assistive technology services he received at Easter Seals Crossroads. When I first walked into Victor’s home, I commented that I loved his mid-century modern home and I learned that he has a love for mid-century design, as I do. Victor was […]