Volume 1, Number 6
November 1990
Computer Techndoqy
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Conference Bridg .
Ten years ago, Dolores and Bud Hagen were l o ~ k i n g , , ; ~ . ~ ~ .for solutions. Their son was intelligent, perceptive - and deaf. He was attendiig school, going through prescribed motions failing to learn.
How Does a Quadriplegic Carve a Work of Art? Having been in the .lishing business for t k , the Hagens felt solved to shaTe them through the medium of a now bi-
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cessful programs. The Rehab Center serves peqle with a wide range of ditWilities. Job seekers increase their employment op portunities through vocational training and counseling, jsb coaching, and taking advantage of the relationships that the b h a b Center has developed with the local employers. And as we enter the 1990sthe center 's well equipped to meet the eeds of both workers and mployers with their inreased focus on careers in
computer technology.
pimple with disabilities. The 9-month program began its
and/or data base management skills. Flexwork has first class in 3une with moth- offices in Minneapolis, er class dated to begin in Duluth and by 1991 a St. Jammy. Cloud office. "We've had Along with CAD, the success in the Twin Cities, Minneapolis Rehab Cemxs' surpassing projected p b Flexwork program bas ex- ment goals, and more empanded its areas -into cus- ployers are getting receptive tomized personal computer to what we can offer them. training. Flexwork is a pro- Now, we're lookin2 forward gram which matches in- to helping as many people as dividds with severe disa- wecan in the northern part of bilities or health conditions the state find jobs," said prowith jobs that they can per- ject director Jane Anderson. form entirely or partially at The next Flexwork Cwhome, workfng an a flexible tomized PC Training pro-
The interest exceeded their grandest expectations.
Pi.ogramming will now be ployment. the name of the 12-month course which trains mdemts P m ~ ~ l T H m U m y in COBOL (Common 1977, Oriented Business Lan(PWI) ha9 been Egoage) business qplicatio~ls tiye in placing people with pmgmmmhg. Business disabilities in jobs. The proProgramming began its sixth gram offers training in job class in September of this -king by showing year. A 94%job-placement &cl~am how to sell rate of graduates is what themselves MU& positive keeps the program going communication. P w will strong. "Ithing it's exciting videotape mock interviews to see some of the eartier to help thejob seeker present graduates who were placed a an aetimage, assist few years ago doing so well in developing a professional and advancing in their resume and guide parcareers," commented Jane Rehab. cont on p. 8
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stout gt,Cdlegc to assist in a 1982 eodeface o8 the subjadcampuEer technology as itappdies tothosewitb disabilities. The coniePence was slightly smaller than the Hagen'sexpected, muchbigger than Stout State anticipated, and marked by the differences in philosophy ' whichcan cropup in any ambitious undertaking. Seeking an opportunity to develop a conference consistent with their own findings Conf. cont. on p. 6