employment is essential for everyone

Jun 29, 2023 | mechelle, News

“Everyone wants to be independent to live the life that they want,” says Mechelle Merrill, VR Nevada Deputy Administrator. Our role at VR Nevada is to help people get jobs that meet their aptitude, interests, and that they are good at. Fill out an...

Dante Latchman

Jun 29, 2023 | dante, News

Meet Dante, a previous client and now an employee here at VR Nevada! Hear his story and how he was able to transition from school to employment with the help of VR...

Adolpho Rivera

Jun 29, 2023 | Success Stories

Adolpho Rivera was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico and raised in Las Vegas. He came to BVR on April 2, 2004, looking for services that could help him find employment. He was referred to BVR by his therapist who told him that BVR would help to keep him going. In the back...

Sagebrush Conference

Feb 2, 2023 | News

The latest technologies and business techniques for blind and sight-impaired vendors and employees will be presented at the Sagebrush Conference 2023 February 8-10 at the Golden Nugget Hotel in Las Vegas. Sponsored by the Randolph-Sheppard Vendors of America...

The Monthly Low Vision Clinic

Feb 2, 2023 | News

The monthly Low Vision Clinic at Vocational Rehabilitation is operated under the supervision of a fully licensed Optometrist who has had special training in low vision. They conduct interviews and solicit pertinent visual, medical and functional information of...

A Day in the Life of a Rehabilitation Teacher

Feb 1, 2023 | News

I finished my undergraduate degree in education and special education. As I prepared for graduate school, I seriously considered where I might fit in the world. I had been blessed with a fine mind, but as a blind person, a woman and a member of a minority, I knew it...