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We will strive to provide people with differing abilities the maximum
supports needed to successfully achieve and sustain their goals.

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The Only
Disability In Life
is a Bad
Attitude.
– Scott Hamilton

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In The Beginning…
• Bill and Karen Blumhorst
• Opened 1997
• Accredited by CARF (Certification and Accreditation of Rehabilitation
Facilities)
www.CARF.org
• Rehabilitation Services Commission
www.RSC.OHIO.gov
• Bureau of Workman's Compensation
www.ohiobwc.com

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Counties Served
• Allen • Hancock • Ottawa
• Ashland • Hardin • Preble
• Auglaize • Henry • Putnam
• Butler • Knox • Richland
• Champaign • Logan • Sandusky
• Clark • Lucas • Seneca
• Clinton • Madison • Shelby
• Crawford • Marion • Union
• Darke • Mercer • Van Wert
• Fulton • Miami • Warren
• Greene • Montgomery • Wood
• Hamilton • Morrow • Wyandot

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Counties Served

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Dayton Office
1343 Woodman Drive
Dayton, OH 45408
Phone: (937)223-8004
Fax: (937)223-8035
dayton@capabilities.biz

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St. Marys Office
124 S Front St.
St Marys, OH 45885
Phone: (419)394-0003
Toll Free: (877)394-0858
Fax: (419)394-2853
stmarys@capabilitiesinc.biz

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Persons Served
• To receive services, a person
must have a disability that is an
impediment to employment.
Capabilities can assist with
people who experience:
– Learning Disability
– Mental Retardation
– Mental Health
– Physical
– Vision
– Hearing
Remember we are all individuals and every person and situation is unique

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Services
• Assessments – vocational, computer, home-site, community
based, work adjustment, career exploration, job shadows
• Computer Training
• Job Seeking and Keeping Skills Training
• Job Development
• Job Coaching
• Follow Along
• Pre-Drivers Education
• On the Road Drivers Training

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Career Exploration
• Career Exploration is learning what job is the right fit for YOU!
• We do this through
– Job Shadows
– Informational Interviews
– Reviews of Local Labor Market

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Career Exploration
• Some of the Websites We Use:
– www.onetonline.org
– www.bls.gov/ooh
– www.ohiolmi.com/jobs/jobs.htm

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Career Exploration
• Doing those activities help you:
– Research Jobs
– Learn Necessary Skills and Abilities Needed for Jobs
– Gain Market Information Such as Wages, Percentages of Employment
Openings etc.

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Career Exploration
• Activity!
– Use this site: www.ohiolmi.com/jobs/jobs.htm
– What kind of jobs interest you?
– What kind of wage can you expect to make at that job?
– How many openings are there for that kind of job?

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Assistive Technology
• Helps People Use Computers
• Can Include
– Programs
– Hardware
– Switches

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Examples of Assistive Technology

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Examples of Assistive Technology

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Examples of Assistive Technology

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Examples of Assistive Technology

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Examples of Assistive Technology

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Examples of Assistive Technology

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Examples of Assistive Technology

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Examples of Assistive Technology
• Dragon Naturally Speaking
– Control computer by voice
– Type by speaking
– Train to your voice
– Create custom commands

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Examples of Assistive Technology

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Examples of Assistive Technology
• WYNN
– What You Need Now
– Helps people read by changing colors
– Helps typing and wording with word prediction
– Highlights text as it is spoken

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Examples of Assistive Technology
• WYNN
– Educational and Productivity Features
• Masking Tips (Things to know when using "masking")
• Paraphrasing (Information using WYNN’s Voice Notes Feature)
• Creating Study Sheets from Text Notes (How to print text notes from a WYNN
document)
• Improving Reading Comprehension Using WYNN and SQ5R (The SQ5R study
method enables students to actively study textbooks)
• Differential Coloring (Emphasizing Letter Combinations and/or Words)
• Internet: Browsing the Web with WYNN (Using the Internet browsing
features in WYNN)
• Internet: Studying with WYNN (Using WYNN to support Internet research and
learning)

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Examples of Assistive Technology
• Lastpass
– www.lastpass.com
– Add on to web browsers to help remember passwords
– Doing this through other ways is insecure
– Automatically fills usernames and passwords
– Can share usernames and passwords with ohers

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Examples of Assistive Technology
• Swiftkey
– http://www.swiftkey.net
– Keyboard replacement for Android Phones
– Helps predict words when typing on phone
– Helps improve spelling and speed
– Learns from the more you use it

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Website www.capabilitiesinc.biz
Blog http://blog.capabilitiesinc.biz
Facebook www.facebook.com/capabilities
Twitter www.twitter.com/capabilities
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Connect / Contact Us
Justin Blumhorst Kellie Fox
Email justin.blumhorst@capabilitiesinc.biz kellie.fox@capabilitiesinc.biz
Phone 419.394.0003 937.223.8004
Cell 419.305.2883
Andrea Klosterman
Email andrea.klosterman@capabilitiesinc.biz
Phone 937.223.8004
Cell