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OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired and friends will celebrate DeafBlind Awareness week June 22 – June 28 in honor of Oklahomans who are DeafBlind and world-famous author, educator, lecturer and disability advocate Helen Keller.

DRS’ SBVI staff will hold the 2025 DeafBlind Awareness Day from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on June 30 at Metro Tech, 1900 Springlake Drive in Oklahoma City. The event’s program will include the reading of a proclamation from Gov. Kevin Stitt honoring DeafBlind Awareness Week.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahomans with disabilities who had been on a waiting list to receive services will soon be contacted by Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services staff to start their journey to joining the state’s workforce.   

Each month, DRS’ Performance Review Committee looks over consumer services activity reports and determines if agency and vendor resources are adequate to service additional clients who are on the Priority Group 3 waiting list. In May, committee members agreed clients could be served who were on the waiting list as of the day of the decision.

SULPHUR — Seven seniors will graduate May 21 from the Oklahoma School for the Deaf during a commencement ceremony at 1 p.m. in the Ken Brown Gymnasium.

OSD is located at 1100 East Oklahoma Ave. in Sulphur.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired and friends will celebrate DeafBlind Awareness week June 22 – June 28 in honor of Oklahomans who are DeafBlind and world-famous author, educator, lecturer and disability advocate Helen Keller.

DRS’ SBVI staff will hold the 2025 DeafBlind Awareness Day from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on June 30 at Metro Tech, 1900 Springlake Drive in Oklahoma City. The event’s program will include the reading of a proclamation from Gov. Kevin Stitt honoring DeafBlind Awareness Week.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahomans with disabilities who had been on a waiting list to receive services will soon be contacted by Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services staff to start their journey to joining the state’s workforce.   

Each month, DRS’ Performance Review Committee looks over consumer services activity reports and determines if agency and vendor resources are adequate to service additional clients who are on the Priority Group 3 waiting list. In May, committee members agreed clients could be served who were on the waiting list as of the day of the decision.

SULPHUR — Seven seniors will graduate May 21 from the Oklahoma School for the Deaf during a commencement ceremony at 1 p.m. in the Ken Brown Gymnasium.

OSD is located at 1100 East Oklahoma Ave. in Sulphur.

MUSKOGEE – Twelve students will graduate May 15 from the Oklahoma School for the Blind during a commencement ceremony at 1:30 p.m. in the school’s auditorium.

OSB is located at 3300 Gibson Street in Muskogee.

OKLAHOMA CITY - Jody Harlan, former communications director for the Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services, was honored March 11 with the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award during the 31st annual People with Disabilities Awareness Day in Oklahoma City.

The Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services hosted the event that was held at the Oklahoma History Center and brought together hundreds of people with disabilities, their families and their supporters.

Harlan served as the communications director for the Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services and was a tireless champion for Oklahomans with disabilities. Through the years, her work told the stories of thousands of DRS clients who were achieving their dreams of building a career and living independently.