Join Us at the DRS Expo

Information about employment services, programs for children who are deaf or blind and technology specifically designed for people with disabilities will be included at a free community outreach and education EXPO sponsored by the Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services on Aug. 4 and 5.

DRS scheduled the EXPO at the Oklahoma School for the Blind, which is a DRS division, to control costs. The school is located at 3300 Gibson Street in Muskogee.

-Read the Expo article

ADA turns 20
Laws that opened the world go unnoticed by most

What now seems common place did not exist 20 years ago. Imagine pulling up to your local grocery store and not seeing a single accessible parking space or stepping into an elevator that does not have braille on the buttons. These simple little things that make mobility and independence for people with disabilities did not exist as law 20 years ago.

On July 26, 1990, President George H. W. Bush signed into law the Americans with Disabilities Act, the first comprehensive declaration of equality for people with disabilities.

-Read the ADA Anniversary article

BFIT Summer Program Benefits Young People with Disabilities

The Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services’ (DRS) Transition: School to Work offers high school students with disabilities a fun, motivational and informative summer program. Brighter Futures in Transition (BFIT) provides young people with disabilities with training and work experiences necessary to make informed career choices after high school.

BFIT is a nine week summer program that helps students with disabilities in DRS’ Visual Services and Vocational Rehabilitation employment programs get pre-employment and life skills training and paid work experience.

-Read the BFIT article