Each state has VR offices, which are supposed to help people with disabilities get into the workforce. In Tennessee, however, half of the residents found eligible for VR services in 2015 didn’t get any, according to federal data. No other state VR grant received that designation. In Tennessee, 12 percent of people with disabilities have a bachelor’s degree, 21 percent are employed and close to a quarter live below the poverty line. He knew the subject: In the late 1990s, when he lived in Alabama, Brown had gotten prompt help from Alabama’s VR office when he was losing his eyesight.

Source: Huffington Post December 05, 2016 17:37 UTC