In 2007, a motorcycle accident left Dave paralyzed from the waist down. With help from family, friends and VESID, Dave has rebuilt his life, returning to school to learn accounting and bookkeeping. Now, Dave works with his local One Stop Career Center, determined to go back to work part-time.
Dave says: ‘Once you go back as an adult, you look at school a lot differently than you do back when you’re a teenager. I ended up graduating that class with a 95 average… I was proud of myself.’ | • Watch Video
Find disability resource specialists who help individuals with disabilities ‘navigate’ through available programs and services in the local One Stop Career Center system.
ARISE offers a supported employment program that helps individuals with disabilities attain employment. In addition, Access to Independence of Cortland County, Inc. works with people with disabilities to promote full inclusion in social, economic, educational and legal rights.
The New York State Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals With Disabilities (VESID) offers a compiled list of statewide employment resources for those with disabilities and for employers. This includes information on independent living, paths to employment and federal employment opportunities for persons with disabilities.
Jim had a great career working as a manager in the fast-paced food service industry, but in 2002, a car accident left him without several brain functions. After extensive outpatient therapy, Jim’s VESID counselor recommended that he return to school. With significant educational success, Jim is now ready to reenter the job market, and he credits his wife for helping him reach that important benchmark.
Jim says: ‘She thinks I can do anything. With that encouragement and that love, this is actually fun, looking for a job.’ | • Watch Video
The Rochester district office of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities (VESID) provides vocational counseling and rehabilitation services that result in successful employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities and their employers.
Whether you have a disability, receive public assistance, dropped out of high school, are a convicted offender or lack significant work experience, Career Systems of Rochester is designed to deliver services that can help you, such academic and vocational assessment, remedial education, life skills counseling, employment readiness training, structured job-related counseling, job placement services and follow-up services. Click here for contact information.
