Contents

• NEWS
  NFB-NewsLine: Reading local papers can lead to ideas for jobs.
  Independence Pioneers: Employee finds success with Nationwide Insurance.
• FEATURES
  Pursuit of a Dream: Chelsey Allen realizes her dream job as a Veterinary Technician.
  Business Enterprises: Iowa BEP offers employment opportunities.
  Talking Tech with Curtis Chong: What goes into a worksite assessment?
  Blind Perspective: Implications of “amazing.”
• DEPARTMENTS
  From the Editor
  From the Director
  Independent Living: Homemaker finds stride with training from IDB
  Vocational Rehabilitation: Woman overcomes blindness to work again
  Library for the Blind & Physically Handicapped: The Library: A Job-Seeker’s Resource; Booklist; From the Librarian
  Orientation Center: Pursuit of a dream
  Youth Transition: Transition youth gain independence and have fun!
  Business Enterprises: Iowa BEP offers employment opportunities
   
  Letters & comments can be e-mailed to: idbcomm@blind.state.ia.us

Editor: Meredith Ferguson. Contributing Editors: Karen Keninger, Beth Hirst, Linda Trogdon.  Contributing Writers: Curtis Chong, Roger Erpelding, Betty Hansen, Beth Hirst, Randy Landgrebe, Rebecca Swainey, Linda Slayton and Barb Weigel.