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Easter Seals program helps deaf jOB seekers
By DEBORAH CIRCELLI
Staff writer

DAYTONA BEACH -- Finding a jOB in a tough economy is not easy, but imagine the frustration felt by John Wilson, who can't even hear the voices of his prospective employers.

The 38-year-old from Daytona Beach, who has been deaf all his life, filled out about 20 applications before getting help from a local Easter Seals program.

"You just see their faces and know it's not going to work out," Wilson said through an interpreter.

But with help from the Deaf Advocacy Program at Easter Seals Volusia and Flagler Counties, he started working in January at the Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic in Daytona Beach through a contract with Stewart-Marchman-Act Behavioral Healthcare.... http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/EastVolusia/evlEAST04112609.htm

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