Dear AccessWorld readers,
Last month, AccessWorld celebrated Disability Employment Awareness Month by providing information about employment resources, strategies, and insider perspectives. Good job search strategies and resources are important all year long, so I encourage you to look back at last month's issue and forward information to anyone you know who may be looking for employment or for better employment opportunities.
I also want to offer a special thanks to CareerConnect Program Manager, Joe Strechay, and CareerConnect Employment Specialist, Detra Bannister, for sharing their insights and perspectives in last month's Editor's Page.
As you know, there is now a chill in the air, and the days of fall are well upon us. It's time to start thinking about the holiday gift-giving season. Ready or not, the shopping season is just around the corner, and the AccessWorld team wants you to be ready with gift ideas for those in your life who experience vision loss. You may even want to use this month's ideas to add to your own wish list for the holidays!
In this issue, Deborah Kendrick provides great gift ideas ranging from low-tech items to high-tech productivity tools. Janet Ingber also provides information, advice, and tips to get the most of holiday shopping using your iOS device.
The AccessWorld team hopes this issue provides inspiration for finding just the right holiday gifts for you, your family, or friends with vision loss.
We wish you and yours health, happiness, peace, and prosperity as we enter the holiday season. As Helen Keller once said, "Peace and prosperity will come when we realize, and incorporate into our lives, the truth that we live by each other and for each other and not unto ourselves."
Sincerely,
Lee Huffman
AccessWorld Editor-in-Chief
American Foundation for the Blind
