Joe Strechay has followed his passions and goals over the years and has recently merged his work and passions into one job and is having the time of his life. From managing the Career Connect program at American Foundation for the Blind, AFB, to Director of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Blindness and Visual Services. Joe also worked on transition and employment initiatives at the New Jersey Commission for the Blind and the Florida Department for the Blind.

With all that going on, Joe never lost touch for his love of movies. From working with actors, writers, and keeping on being involved, people started to call on Joe for his Blindness consulting. This led up to him leaving his day job and join the team creating, “See”, the latest Apple TV Plus series just released November 1st.

Joe talks about the commitment Apple has made to hiring people with disabilities and Joe says that they want good actors and not to just hire Blind or Visually Impaired actors just because, and the BVI actors they did hire beat out the sighted actors trying out.

From training Blindness skills to thousands of individuals , Joe takes that experience with him and works with visually impaired actors for accommodations, as well as sighted actors to focus on their other senses on the set of See.

Join Joe Strechay and Jeff Thompson in this in-depth look at the way Joe’s experience and passions have led him to his most inclusive project, the Apple TV Plus series See.

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