by Belo Cipriani | May 21, 2014 | Adaptive Technology, Blind Technology, Employment, Interviews
The Disability Tribune is stoked to bring you an interview with Mike Hess, the CEO and Founder of the Blind Institute of Technology. Belo Cipriani: What is your background and why did you establish the Blind Institute of Technology? Mike Hess: An English proverb...
by Belo Cipriani | May 7, 2014 | Adaptive Technology, Americans with Disabilities Act, Belo Cipriani, Blind Technology, Employment, Writing
It was never tough for me to get a job when I was sighted. Even when I got laid-off from a start-up after the Dot Com bust, I was hired as a bartender, with no experience, at the first club I walked into with my pink slip. As a college student, I worked at a payroll...