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Follow this link to the KFOR TV news story featuring DRS Commissioner Steve Shelton about the dangers of quiet hybrid vehicles to individuals who are blind because they depend on traffic noise to navigate safely.

Go to the Tulsa World web site to read the recent feature story about DRS employee, Charley Tipps, and his 30-year career helping others with disabilities.

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Disability Agency Director Reopens Employment Services To Hundreds Of Oklahomans With Disabilities

A photo of a sign in a window that reads come in, we're open.Hundreds of job-seeking Oklahomans with disabilities began receiving vocational rehabilitation and employment assistance when Department of Rehabilitation Services (DRS) Director Mike O’Brien, Ed.D., reopened services on May 18 to those on a waiting list since Jan. 2007.

The agency’s efforts to control expenditures provided the funding required to open the waiting list. However, $7.6 million in one-time stimulus funding through the “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009” is expected to keep services open for all eligible Oklahomans for the next 12-15 months.

-Read more about the opening of services and the federal stimulus funding.

Seniors of the Oklahoma School for the Blind Graduate May 20th

Five seniors from OSB pose for the camera wearing their caps and gowns.The Oklahoma School for the Blind (OSB) proudly announces that the graduating class of 2009 celebrated commencement at noon on Wednesday, May 20th, in the OSB auditorium, 3300 Gibson Street, Muskogee, Oklahoma.

This year’s graduating class includes Jennifer Lee Anderson, Jordan Rae Martin, Sasha Nicole Perdue, LaQuana LaShai Sango and Bobby Allen Stones.

-Read more about the OSB graduating class.

Seniors of the Oklahoma School for the Deaf Graduate May 29th

Graduation caps flying in the air.The Oklahoma School for the Deaf (OSD) will celebrate commencement for the graduating class of 2009 at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 29th, in the OSD auditorium, 1100 East Oklahoma Street in Sulphur, Oklahoma.

This year’s graduating class includes: Michael Travis Barnhart of Sulphur; Alyssa Diana Eaves, Whitle’ Ann Jackson, Melvin Lenord McKee, and Rebecca Leah Rosengren, all of Oklahoma City; Tiffiyon Alexzandria Evans of Spencer; Johnathan Michael Gernon of Edmond; Daniel Crose Hutton of Cyril; Cambria Shaylee Kennedy of Caney; Kailob Charles Miller of Ardmore; Rebecca Elise Olivero and Cathleen Michelle Paradiso, both of Lawton; Shelby Anne Orsburn, Brandon Dewayne Ruble, Casey Sullivan Scully and Jasmine Nicole Williams, all of Tulsa; and Lindsey Rose Wallace of Altus.

-Read more about the OSD graduating class.

The Public is Invited to Comment on Proposed Vocational Rehabilitation and Supported Employment Plan

Word ballon with "your comments here" written inside.Public Hearings will be hosted by Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services (DRS) and the Oklahoma Rehabilitation Council (ORC) on May 18, 19 and 20 in Lawton, Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Comments will be heard regarding updates to the DRS State Plan for programs that focus on services for Oklahomans with disabilities.

-Read the State Plan.

-Read more about the State Plan Public Hearings-

 
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