NOTE: 2020 is the 100th anniversary of the Vocational Rehabilitation Program.
Levi Welsch
By: Minnesota State Services for the Blind (SSB)
“It isn’t too scary,” Levi Welsch said, when asked how he felt about the possibility of his vision loss deteriorating in the future. “I am learning skills,” he said, “and I know that Minnesota State Services for the Blind (SSB) has my back.”
Levi, who was diagnosed with vision loss in 2017, got to witness the services offered at SSB by working at the front desk as our student intern over the summer of 2019.
“I learned a lot about all the resources, through all the people that came in who needed something. I didn’t know about all the things that SSB does before I had that job,” said Levi, who was 14-years-old during his internship.
Like many teenagers, Levi wanted to find a job so that he could earn some money and buy the things he wanted. Levi’s passion is music, and his summer job helped him to pay for some of the equipment he had been wanting on his own. In addition to the cash, the prospect of getting a job and working was exciting to Levi.
“I [...]